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[aid] => mick
[title] => List I: An Account of My Barely-Perceptible Pacing
[time] => 2004-04-02 10:50:52
[hometext] => This is the first of a series of lists in poetry form. I did them awhile back, but I've decided its time to revive them.
[bodytext] => Paint a foots-worth of toenails, Then rise to glance at my reflection And straighten a stray hair, Alight on the desk chair to pen an essay, but address a letter instead, Back on my feet I fold a shirt on the way to the closet- stop to see if My cell phone holds any messages, Paint the remaining toes: Then UP! to change the radio station: where's the remote? Search the floor, find a book, Read a paragraph, look around, Return a misplaced keychain, Look through purse- no gum, Smudge a toenail on carpet, Flop on bed to read book- same paragraph, Go to desk to jot a quote, Pass by mirror and shake head, Back to nail polish to fix toe. This subtle pacing, barely perceptible, Is also unexplicable, but it helps to temper the restless back- and- forth swinging pacings in my head. [comments] => 0 [counter] => 181 [topic] => 60 [informant] => Claire [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => insomniac )
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