Cracking-Up Under Writer's Block, by Tammy Daniel

Eggagami, photo and origami egg by Tammy Daniel, the poet.

Cracking-Up Under Writer’s Block
 
It’s 6:50 AM. On the floor
of my tiny bathroom, I sit
constructing a 3D egg
from a gazillion, miniature
paper triangles. Add
two more rows.
 
A sorry state of affairs.
 
Against mindful slippage,
I imagine how this incredible
talent of egg architecture
will prove handy at our local
mental health facility
where free-range chickens
in white coats, cluck
themselves into a conundrum
at the discovery
of a perfectly crafted, bright
white egg, nestled
between the psychotropic
meds soon to be distributed
 
to those of us who have always known
which came first.

Tammy Daniel

Tammy Daniel was selected as one of the New Voices of 2015 by The Writers Place in Kansas City, Mo. Her work has appeared in I-70Review, Touch: The Journal of Healing, The Ekphrastic Review, Wild Goose Poetry Review, Red River Review, Rusty Truck, andInk, Sweat and Tears.