Kitchen Table Writer

Listening for the kettle

He pens a phrase and sends it packing

Jane`s homework and young Peter`s bike can wait,

Derisive family laughter crackles round his ears -

Let it!

His dreams obliterate rejection slips

More or less;

And lack of talent`s immaterial

To trying -

Isn`t it?

One fine day

The best seller lists

Will knock on the door

To say

The hearse is waiting.