Pink Paper

A piece of pink paper
could remind you of a watermelon
if you were really hungry.

You could pretend:
put it next to the bruised apples
and draw little seeds.

turn it over;
have it be smiling
and wearing shades.

you're reminded
of the creative spark
you once had.

now you sit at a desk
brushing eraser marks
away from shriveled-up lined paper.