Running Out Of Inspiration Poem by Barry Middleton

running out of inspiration means something
must be coming to an end

I hate that feeling of déjà vu but here we go
again

I never know the end is coming before it gets
here

it's a feeling like a waterfall is up ahead and
I'm canoeing

or I'm stuck on the train track and the car
wont start

that's how I know I must be in a really good
movie

I never can figure out who did it or how the
good guy is going to get away

love affairs end that way with a business as
usual sunrise

then you get that odd look or someone says we
need to talk

she says we need to talk but I would rather be
run over by a truck

once that's been said there's nothing left to
talk about

you can hear the inspiration leaving like air
escaping a flat tire

there's nothing left but suitcases and sad
paperwork

isn't life just a constant series of surprises
and disasters

so that is the way it ends like the poet said
with a blind side whimper

and I am running out of inspiration but what
does that mean

where does the next poem come from or the
final love affair

it's intermission time and the reels are being
changed

or maybe the movie is over and the next feature
is about to start

and then I realize I never see the end coming
but I never see the beginning

maybe there is just enough time to get a coke
and some Whoppers