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May 28, 2007

Monday Mission: Verse

If I could the things that I like best
on a Saturday all swamped in stress,
sleeping in and waking up to quiet,
cookies for breakfast (to end the Divorce Diet),
the comics pages read in peace,
would not be among the least.

But half a novel, an hour on the phone,
to use the bathroom all alone,
plus kind emails (though I prefer letters),
and an afternoon with Kim is better.

An hour-long workout, no need to hurry.
Eight hours' silence, no need to worry.
The thing that made me feel so well:
To have the house all to myself.

Like all good things, it had to end.
The craziness begins again.


Posted by Andrea at May 28, 2007 11:31 AM under Monday Mission

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beautiful

Posted by: flutter at May 28, 2007 1:30 PM

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Beautifully done! (And having the house all to yourself sounds lovely too!)

Posted by: Miche at May 28, 2007 2:32 PM

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Yes. You write poetry, not doggerel like me. That's beautiful.
I am with you on the bathroom alone bit, oh my.

Posted by: Mary G at May 28, 2007 3:34 PM

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Yes. You write poetry, not doggerel like me. That's beautiful.
I am with you on the bathroom alone bit, oh my.

Posted by: Mary G at May 28, 2007 3:35 PM

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This is great, Andrea. Plus you could get a wicked Jeopardy before and after clue out of it: A Child's Garden of Nna Mmay Verse.

Posted by: Mad Hatter at May 28, 2007 8:59 PM

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Lovely!

Posted by: liz at May 28, 2007 9:48 PM

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What a treat!
Cheers

Posted by: mcewen at May 28, 2007 9:50 PM

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Well--no, it is doggerel, but it's kind of you all to say otherwise.

Posted by: Andrea at May 29, 2007 7:01 AM

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Funny how things you long for in one situation can be hard to take in another. Thinking of you while you adjust to your new life. Your poem is awesome!

Posted by: Nicole at June 2, 2007 6:58 AM

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Go Berserk




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