low flame

Reading the website of the bestselling author
whose books I'd read and recommended,
I saw things were getting really good for him.
He was charging for lecture tours now and
one of his books was being made into a movie starring
Gwyneth Paltrow and Annette Bening.

I realized I had two choices:
I could flail at the stack of blank paper
lying flaccid on my desk,
stare like a crazy person at my screen
with my brain on the verge of mutiny,
and write angry, ugly things.

Or I could use the time
to make a really good steak,
with the potatoes I like,
which are best cooked over a low flame,
to avoid unnecessary burning.