Squeeze

Artwork: "Lemon Aid" - Jeff Battocletti, 2009

i feel
like i've
been drained:

my brain
is like
a sponge
squeezed
dry
of every
single
original
idea...

the people
around me
are
vampires
out
to suck
every
last ounce
of
creativity,
of
magic
i have.

i won't
let
them.

because
if the
fount
of my
knowledge
dries up -

- they'd
never
survive
the drought.