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MENTAL WINTER<\/p>\n
Mental winter<\/p>\n
Very cold<\/p>\n
Thoughts are frozen<\/p>\n
Seeming old.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Can\u2019t get started<\/p>\n
Can\u2019t break free<\/p>\n
Breaking ice<\/p>\n
Is breaking me.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
No warm feelings<\/p>\n
No warm thoughts<\/p>\n
Always fishing<\/p>\n
Nothing caught.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Stuck in neutral<\/p>\n
Stuck in place<\/p>\n
Hardly moving<\/p>\n
From this space.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Inspiration<\/p>\n
Dead and gone<\/p>\n
No new notions<\/p>\n
Woebegone<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
When\u2019s this ending<\/p>\n
Did I go wrong<\/p>\n
Always singing<\/p>\n
The same old song?<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019m left wondering<\/p>\n
What\u2019s the point?<\/p>\n
Why\u2019s my brain<\/p>\n
So out of joint?<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Is this a season<\/p>\n
That\u2019s soon gone<\/p>\n
Should I just wait<\/p>\n
Or carry on?<\/p>\n
\u2014<\/p>\n
The sun came up<\/p>\n
And I arose,<\/p>\n
Time to throw off,<\/p>\n
Winter\u2019s clothes.<\/p>\n
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