Ahhhh.

[serene]

Day off yesterday. Most of the day off today. Pleasant, four-hour shift at Ikea. I'm ready for whatever comes tomorrow. Potentially, I could have two fourteen-hour days in a row again, but with lots of rest beforehand, so I'm ready. And then Saturday off.

Life is good.



skating on the thin middle place
the dangerous center
in view of the thickening at the shore,
but not close enough to save herself,
she tries to think light,
make herself air,
lift herself just far enough off the ice
to keep her weight from crashing her through

she could move toward the edge
she could
but the dangerous center
the thin middle place
knows her name
it keeps her skin all goose-bumped
and her heart aflutter
it makes her feel like there's something to lose

and when there's nothing to lose
you might as well sink to the bottom of the cold, cold lake
you might as well sink to the bottom

Comments

[elissaann.livejournal.com]

What distinguishes a pome from a poem?

[flippac.livejournal.com]

A single tyop?

[elissaann.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear. I wasn't being snarky. I was assuming (perhaps wrongly) that Serene was spelling it that way on purpose, because I've seen it spelt "pome" on a lot of LJ's, not just hers. I can't believe that everyone else makes the same typo, so I'm guessing (again, perhaps wrongly) that everyone else is doing it on purpose.

[flippac.livejournal.com]

'sok, I hadn't assumed you were snarking. Some tyops get used on purpose though (tyop itself being an example) - it doesn't have to be any deeper than that.

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

I call it a pome when I'm feeling goofy.

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

my college roommate spelled it pome, too. it makes me smile.