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waiting...
in the courtyardchildren laugh and playas i breathe my last
is substitutingfrustration with acceptancealways a good thing?
banished by the suntheir night duty completedthe stars fade from sight
computer screen blood smear --mosquito kept buzzing me until i got herbut she'd gotten me too
the one thingthe one and only thing:communication
given the choice of twoi'll almost always select the wrong one --I'm luckier choosing from three
without words
i've yet to discovera nighttime sleep aid better thantwo minutes of reading
time on the phonecan be energizingor sleep-inducing
approaching quicklythe welcoming armsof Medicare
following a cool rainnight makes a hasty retreatbanished by the sun
a cat snoringa robin singing, a frog croaking, a bluejaySCREE-SCREE-SCREECHING!
connecting with joy --battling physical traumawith sparrows trilling