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Jan 2021
Mostly, I preach to my self. Talk to myself.
I write what I need to to hear. Self talk,
out loud. So often painting colors
like emotions, spilling out,
water from a dam overrun by storms I cannot name
in the normal scheme of things.

I sit with them, the storms,
longer than more sensible people.
I get wet. Disheveled.
The wind blows me like a scarecrow in July.
I sit with them. Madman in the rain.
But how else do I know if it is a storm
or a shower?
Regular readers of my blogs know I process feelings slowly.  

Yes, I really do talk to myself. Yes, I am also a painter.

I don't mind getting wet.
Tom Atkins
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