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2020-11-23 From Procrastination to Motivation and Beyond
Success so far today. And now I’m back on the treadmill because I can. I did something I’ve been procrastinating (sending GLR declines) and making a dent actually fueled me with motivation to move on a few other things as well. I had sent in my residency workshop materials but there were a few very…
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2020-11-16 The Distance is Taking a Toll
I can’t reach my oxygen mask. Blurry, I stretch toward yellow and white plastic dangling near me. But its A rotten banana peel hanging from an empty Wal-Mart sack. It turns brown as the tips of my fingers poke at it, trying to get a grip. I read a poem about a boy revered by…
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2020-11-14 Doing the Math ➖➗➕
Broke my streak yesterday. Worked on my workshop submission both fine tuning the lines and deciding which poems were worthy of such rare attention. It’s really a confidence game at this point. I was tired and had an unusual day that went astray from my normal routine. With my dauber down, not a poem in…
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2020-11-10 Freezing Rain, Memory, and Poetry
A freezing rain greets me as I accompany the trash carts to the end of the driveway. It tears my attention away from what I don’t remember. It feels good to feel the rain on my skin and how it forces me to move faster, look forward to being back inside, strip down to dry.…
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2020-10-30 All Hallows Eve Eve
This morning I woke up at 4:45 AM from a dream about my recent ex-employer. The business had become a smashing success and they had just opened their brand new building which was a really neat New-tech high-rise situated among a neighborhood of 1 story buildings. A Sim city anomaly. There were appearances from two…
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2020-10-19 Quick and Squeaky
It’s a new day and a new week. Another opportunity to get it all done. Despite waking up with a pain in my neck at 5:10am, I’m in pretty good spirits. In large part thanks to the fact that I no longer have to figure out how to fit work in with all the other…
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2020-10-18 It’s Not the Poem’s Fault
It’s Sunday and my day is starting early. I woke before 6am and tried to go back to sleep but its futile. It’s almost 7 now so it’s not like I didn’t try to resist getting up. Hopefully Jim can get some extra rest with the absence of my tossing and turning. Hopefully he’ll text…
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2020-10-13 Pepperoni Pizza = Strange Dreams 🍕➡️😱
It’s been previously verified that if I eat pepperoni pizza too close to bed time, strange dreams will disturb my sleep. Last night was no exception. Though I would hardly call the dreams strange or disturbing, it was certainly odd for so many men from my past to pay me a visit in the same…
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