Sprint!
I leave the gate, running feverishly
To outrun the fire-breathing dragon

Smoke on my neck
Fire on my heels
I dash across these pages,
Running like a mad woman,

Lest the dragon-critic
GULP
Then belch forth Hell, the Inferno,
In her breath

And destroy my art
Before it leaves my pen.

Written 2/26/2008

© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.