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[mardeen]

She's tired of the lazy drifting
that everyone calls normal.
"Clichés, we are," she says, sighing.
"Cold and breathless, and true."
She feels along the counter top,
absent-mindedly hoping for
a sharp edge, a jagged interruption.
She shakes her head and tells the
windowsill garden,
"Half a loaf is better than none."

Comments

[emmabovary]

a jagged interruption.

What a fantastic pairing.

Terrific and tidy poem about suburban (or urban) ennui. I love its compactness, both in space and in time.

[mardeen]

Thank you for taking the time to make such intelligent comments. I think I have a crush on your brain.

[mardeen]

Thank you. I love the little bunny.

[natevw]

My vocabulary isn't sufficient to detail how sweet and compact that was Marsha .

-Nate

[mardeen]

Always good to hear from you Nate. Always.

[natevw]

Your poetry remains deep and compelling Marsha .

I'm quite sure it speaks to many more than I .

-Nate
(who's sick as a dog)

[mardeen]

Aw, Nate. I'm sorry that you're sick. Is someone taking care of you? If I lived in your part of California, I'd make you some chicken soup!

STILL sick =8-(

[natevw]

Thank you Marsha ;

I just had some nice tomato & basil soup but I didn't make it to work this morning....

Bummer , that .

-Nate