Sleepless Nights don't bother me <br />For I keep a Paper and Pencil beneath my Pillow <br /> <br />Crowded Counters little annoy me <br />For a strewn paper come my custody <br /> <br />Canteen Gossips never pester me <br />For Poetic Thoughts befriend me <br /> <br />My wife's bite and my children’s fight <br />Make little sense in my thoughtful mind <br /> <br />The word boredom doesn't occur to me <br />Ever since I tried becoming a poet <br /> <br />Poeming is worse than Drinks and Drugs <br />I don't know whether I am alright or all left <br /> <br />I don't know where I drive, how I drive <br />Where have all the Traffic Signals gone? <br /> <br />God's sake I am still alive <br />Is this the case with you all, Dear Poets? <br /> <br />(03-April-2010, Chennai)<br /><br />Gan Chennai<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/0991-a-new-poet-s-dilemma/
