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Tue Dec 12 2000 at 7:20:12
Pulled themselves
out of cruelly warm beds
, bodies protesting, knowing it was a
rudeness
. It is inappropriate to get up this early. I am not a farmer. There is
no plow or chicken
that needs me this early. But 24-hour round-the-clock American convenience would disagree. And somebody has to get up.
Coats scarves multiple shirts, layers that would become unnecessary later, when the sun gave in, they knew this was
the peak of the day's harshness
, the time when here might as well be the
tundra
, degrees could not express how cold it was on the way to the car after having so recently been in bed.
So, it wasn't easy. All right. There is a grim familiar moment in the shower, or blowing on strong coffee, or
gripping the steering wheel while the engine thaws
, when you steel yourself, again, you remind yourself why this must be done, again, and you come back to the truth that you are going to do it, again. And as it turns out, it isn't so bad. You have a reality to keep. It is yours; good things may come of it after all.
There will be warmth later on in the day
; you know it. You take what you can get. It's what you do.
Motivate me to move and I'll give you a reason to stay in bed
Three people who are spies and a horse who will also be a spy
Be a girl for a day
In Dreams
It is difficult to get the news from poems, yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there
He was confirming to himself that they were laughing with him after all
Daydreaming on a lazy Sunday afternoon
Kiss me, you are beautiful. These are truly the last days.
Do Not Worry Little One
Come Out and Say It
Las Vegas
There will never be another you
continental shelf
Snowfall
sharecropper
People who don't smoke will never die
Maud
I will be the first thing you will be thinking about after you wake