Friday, September 11, 2009

Amidst

My last poem in the current 42opus stretch is posted today. It's my favorite of the bunch.

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Sick for the first time in maybe two years. Headache and congestion. Bit of a sore throat. I think it's the weather change after living in Richmond for five years.

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Though last night was the official start of the season, The Giants are the real start on Sunday for me. Can't wait.

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Nervous about this new manuscript. I keep thinking maybe I shouldn't send it out. But there are always a million reasons to talk yourself out of things. So I'm not going to do that.

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Diet Mountain Dew Ultra Violet kind of tastes like cough syrup. A tasty, caffeine-infused cough syrup.