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# Shoulda Woulda Coulda
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/shoulda-woulda-coulda/
- Published: 2026-03-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: When I am staring at the ceiling as it stares back in shades of black and needles me, once more, with feeling...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Sonnet, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

When I am staring at the ceiling  
as it stares back in shades of black  
and needles me, once more, with feeling...

What is it, friend? What do you lack?  
Why can't you have some peace and quiet?  
Why is your mind a storm, a riot,  
a jumble of half-written songs,  
of slights, accumulated wrongs,  
and all demanding your attention?

What must I do so that my mind,  
however stubborn and unkind,  
relents, forgives, forgets to mention,  
the thing that's keeping me awake?

I should have had that piece of cake.