RX: FOR WRITING AGAIN

Sometimes, to jumpstart the writing
when my own battery is low,
I add a pinch of dried Sicilian peperoncino --
you know, that hot red magic of volcanic soil
of spaghetti alla Mafiosa fame --
add it to my own home-kitchen pasta,
and as the heat fills my throat,
it whispers an offer I can't refuse
. . . scrivere o morire . . .
Soon enough, I find myself with pen to paper,
ink staining page in broad daylight or under cover of night,
far from clean computer keys and screen.
There, missteps, changes, repented words
wait in all their original sin and glory
not deleted or buried in memory
but dancing on the white page
flaunting imperfection
and daring me on.

Poem "Rx: For Writing Again" © Gabriella Miotto

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