archives for Friday 3 November 2006

overheard in group

Friday 3 November 2006 | I like a cookie

Group member: For Halloween I did something I hated—it was completely out of character, but that’s why I did it. I went as the center of the universe.
Therapist: How was that?
Member: Itchy.
Therapist: [deadpan] Because you’re constantly expanding.
Member: Well, and I was covered in silver glitter.

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friday refrains · 5 very tiny poems

Friday 3 November 2006 | I like a cookie

AFTER THE STRANGER HAS LEFT
I will wake having not slept
I will be unable to remember why
at first
and then

ROUND for SPRINGTIME
crocus, my allergy, my habitué; my
personal emergency room, my prowler—
if I’m dreaming of you, & you just
ignore me, then why are you my

LOVE SONNET
grasp
sharp
glass
shard
shrink
back
quick
clasp
hard
find
hands
hold
gauze
scarf

FROM A POSTER OUTSIDE THE WELFARE OFFICE
Desaparacida
Marilin Medina
madre de dos niños
edad viente años

THE […]

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maybe warm 1% would do in a pinch?

Friday 3 November 2006 | I like a cookie

From a poster in the La Familia Dental Clinic waiting room:
AVULSED (knocked-out) TOOTH
• Find tooth, but do not handle the root.
• If tooth is soiled, rinse gently in water. Do not scrub or remove attached tissue.
• Attempt to reinsert tooth in socket, if not possible, place tooth in cold skim milk or water.
• Take child […]

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