I, Sir Thomas North, am translating a piece

By Plutarch, a great historian and philosopher

But I am stuck

Stuck on one part, feeling like an amateur

“To be the first to” -what?

What could I write?

Should I write “introduce”?

Oh, but that doesn’t sound right

What could it be?

I don’t know

I really don’t

I feel so dim, so low

Over how I just cannot

Cannot just jolt something down

Instead just sitting down, lost, frustrated

Why can’t I just write a simple noun?

I need to think

Think of some word or maybe some phrase

Something that would make sense

That wouldn’t cause any haze

Something that would have many meanings

Like relieving tension

Getting things started, paving a path

To lessen any discomfort or apprehension

But what is that something?

What is it?

To fit those meanings

To fit this sentence, even just a bit

I need to figure this out

Soon enough

Otherwise, I think I’ll lose it

Act so guff

So beyond control

Over a frivolous thing without thinking twice

Gosh, I need to relax

Really need to break the ice

Wait, what did I just say?

“Break the ice”? Really?

Wait, that’s it!

That’s the one to be

To be in this writing

It fits so well!

So perfectly!

This piece will do just swell!