Tag: life
member name: Penina F.
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November 13, 2006 12:47 AM EST --
48 grams of sugar.
FORTY EIGHT grams of sugar!!
My mother seems able to ingest just about anything. Unfortunately for my grandson, he cannot.
So out they went, to give me some time to rest and get over . . .
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November 11, 2006 11:56 AM EST --
How do you make the most of a move from suburban Georgia and a spacious 2-bedroom apartment to Southern California and an eensy 1-bedroom? And why would you want to?
I'm a single parent (see our Family . . .
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November 17, 2006 04:11 PM EST --
There is a name for that thing
that is both practical and perilous,
beautiful and treacherous,
comforting and poisonous.
Today I am a moth, having
the hardest time discerning
the moon from near
a thousand . . .
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November 05, 2006 09:54 AM EST --
Because I came ready for a fight
Nobilized the misery
Clung to the loneliness
Felt sorry for myself
A thick and smoky film
Dropped heavily
On any sanity
I may have brought or conjured
In this damn town . . .
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October 19, 2006 02:35 PM EDT --
It was once a grid of pencil lines on yellow paper
but is now squeezed into braid;
And the braid is squeezed into a tight, strong chord,
if just a little frayed.
The squeezing keeps on pressing
at high . . .
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October 19, 2006 02:44 PM EDT --
He carries the two-gallon jug of laundry liquid as if it were a bagle in a paper bag.
It's got this funny plastic cap on it, with the latest laundry gimmick jingling inside,
guaranteed.
I pour mine . . .
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August 27, 2006 03:04 AM EDT --
I actually like most bugs, even when they creep me out. But if they attempt to take over, I become unkind and ruthless. I usually start with the gentlest measures, and often that is enough. But if it doesn't . . .
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December 22, 2006 09:16 AM EST --
... for my Gather friends!
I know I haven't published much. I hope to get back to posting articles and poems more regularly, but it has been quite busy since we moved into the new apartment.
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