Chapter Fourteen will not get writ.
Whatever I do
it doesn’t get finished.
Exercises don’t complete it
nor do story prompts
nor new experiences
nor role play.
The story doesn’t want to be completed.
The chapter will simple not come out.

Luring it hasn’t worked.
Neither has trickery
or funny accents
or dancing
to get my mind off the page.
The words aren’t coming out.
Chapter Fourteen remains unborn.

Still on my list to try are drugs
and hypnosis
and ghost writing.
I don’t know which I’ll try first
but if I have to
I’ll try them all
to finally see Chapter Fourteen finished
and put this book to bed.