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 Sep 2013 PoetWhoKnowIt
AJ
Son XI
 Sep 2013 PoetWhoKnowIt
AJ
This week I have been teaching my little ghost to read.
We have started with, of course,
Cat in the Hat.
His favorite letter is C.
Because it's in his name,
And it's in chocolate.
And it's shaped like a cookie with a bite taken out of it.
Those are his words not mine.
He is very good at this.
I am so proud of my little Collin.
His new nickname is "mostly ghostly".
He learned it from his new friend Jordan.
Baby **** life.
Other stories about Collin can be found in the collection "Son", which you can find if you look in the notes down below.
 Sep 2013 PoetWhoKnowIt
Diane
I like how the air feels
when you are in the room
the atoms visibly assemble
as your soul and synapses
converge
the earthly and the ethereal
and I need it now,
the air you produce with your exhales
I need it on my skin,
through my pores
inside my ribcage
wisdom and innocence co-habit your face

you are pure running waters

raising humans above your head
like a homage to the gods
like the worship of cats in Egypt
your hands form a basin
to cradle my vulnerability
they safeguard the ethos of who I am
and exalt the who I want to be
you are inside of me
and together we are whole
Today I had a one to one with my college tutor to review my first week as a second year:

"How are you today, Lewis?"
"Great thank you"
I feel like crap
"Have you been coping this week?"
"Definitely"
No. I just want to cry all the time.
"Do you feel ready for the year ahead? It will be tense"
"Yes, definitely. I feel determined to get it right this year"
I don't even know if I'll make it to the end of this year.
"Is there anything else you need or want to talk about?"
"No I think I'm all good. Thank you"
**Yes, there is so much and I don't even know what to do. You won't understand though, nobody ever does.
Sometimes it's near, sometimes it's distant

Sometimes it's real, sometime's it's faked

Sometimes there's bliss, sometimes there's grief

Sometimes there are signs, sometimes there are assumptions

Sometimes I'm shaken, sometimes I'm stupefied

sometime's I'm exuberant , sometimes I'm rigid

Sometimes I'm relentless, sometimes I'm restrained

Sometimes I believe, sometimes I doubt

Sometimes I stay, sometimes I run

Sometimes I reach, sometimes I flinch

Sometimes it's cosmic, sometimes it's unconventional

Sometimes it's vivid, sometimes it's vague

Sometimes it's white, sometimes it's black

Sometimes it's love, sometimes it's fantasy

Sometimes there's paradise, sometimes there's tragedy

Sometimes I'm certain, sometimes I'm anxious

Sometimes I fall in love, sometimes I fear love

Sometimes it's a dream, sometimes it only remains a dream

Sometimes is sometimes,

If only sometimes I can't feel
the wife of the man about to be wheeled in has asked for my loneliness.
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