Essay Writing

Apple on the desk.
A swig of tea left in a mug beside the laptop
and strewn papers that fill the space.

It’s essay-writing time and
inspiration flicks off the walls
bounces round the books and forms,
through careful fingertips on the keyboard
an almost masterpiece of thought
and excitement
all captured on a page on a computer.
But it radiates much further
in changed thought and action
and the by-products of distraction
- the many things that get done when procrastination
threatens efficiency.

But essays get done
eventually,
with a smile and a change in style

and an apple on a desk
beside a cup of nearly-drunk tea.

Will you proof read my essay for me?