@tanweerdar

Excitedly, I sit to write,
Though, much like times before,
I stare at pages, mark the date
Then manage nothing more.

I prep my thoughts and squeeze my brain,
Collecting not a drop.
I breathe and focus through the strain
Of voice which tells me, “Stop!”

A starting point is what I need,
A Masto-prompt, perhaps?
I’m sure today’s an easy word
That wont cause my collapse.

It’s ‘dapple’, not so easy, then,
As nothing rhymes with that.
If poetry flows from this pen
I’ll surely eat my hat!

And anyway, what does it mean?
For life, I am unsure.
You try your hand at many things
you haven't tried before?

That’s dabble! Silly me, I say-
But what else could it be?
When people dress in suit and tie
And gesture, ‘look at me’?

That’s dapper! Oh, for Heaven’s sake,
I’m hardly worth a dime.
If I know not its meaning, then
How shall I make it rhyme?

Defeat declared; I free a sigh
And kick back with an apple.
My God, that’s it! I did it, see?
I found a rhyme for dapple!

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