Describe an item you were incredibly attached to as a youth. What became of it?
A baby’s blanket
Acrylic, blue
Held by a little girl
Chaos was all that she knew
It sits in the basement
Folded and clean
Stored away with other memories
Forever felt but not seen
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What are your thoughts on the concept of living a very long life?
A long life to one
isn’t long enough to another
And perhaps too long
to those
who suffer
A life that is brief
But filled with meaning
Is that really a short life after all?
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What is the greatest gift someone could give you?
Treat me with a kindness
That you would also seek
Understand what the meaning is
In the words that I don’t speak
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What are your biggest challenges?
Get your dirty feet out of my new year
It was clean
It didn’t have these bags in it
When I glanced at it yesterday
It was shiny and new
Untouched
Get your dirty bags out of here
Walk backwards
And clean each footprint as you go
Leave the place spotless
As it was yesterday
When I glanced
And saw everything sparkling
Don’t look at my new year again
Don’t touch it
Don’t even ponder what it looks like
Keep your old bags
and your dirty feet
In your own year
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What makes you feel nostalgic?
Life is a time capsule
Set up in increments of five or ten years
Sometimes moments
It takes so long to grow older
And almost no time at all
To realize you’re suddenly old
Nostalgia is memories
Stored as moments
Toys, people, smells, sounds, places
feelings
while in these places
Emotions felt by smelling cotton candy
Or suntan lotion
Or a certain brand of beer
Or hairspray you used when you were sixteen
A pen you used to write your first novel
The heat of a summer
The cold of a winter
If you close your eyes and you think of a time
or times
When you were happiest
Most creative
Most loved
Most loving
And present in the moment
The comfort of nostalgia will envelop you
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And he said, “I just watched that film
Again.
And as I recall
I think
You also liked it.”
And I said, “That’s weird. I just watched that film
Again.
And yes I
I did
I really liked it.”
And he said, “Well then
That’s the one thing we had.”
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Inspired by:
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Song by Deep Blue Something
You'll say we've got nothing in common
No common ground to start from
And we're falling apart
You'll say the world has come between us
Our lives have come between us
Still I know you just don't care
And I said, "What about Breakfast at Tiffany's?"
She said, "I think I remember the film
And as I recall, I think we both kinda liked it"
And I said, "Well, that's the one thing we've got"
I see you, the only one who knew me
But now your eyes see through me
I guess I was wrong
So what now? It's plain to see we're over
And I hate when things are over
When so much is left undone
And I said, "What about Breakfast at Tiffany's?"
She said, "I think I remember the film
And as I recall, I think we both kinda liked it"
And I said, "Well, that's the one thing we've got"
You'll say that we've got nothing in common
No common ground to start from
And we're falling apart
You'll say the world has come between us
Our lives have come between us
Still I know you just don't care
And I said, "What about Breakfast at Tiffany's?"
She said, "I think I remember the film
And as I recall, I think we both kinda liked it"
And I said, "Well, that's the one thing we've got"
Ooh, and I said, "What about Breakfast at Tiffany's?"
She said, "I think I remember the film
And as I recall, I think we both kinda liked it"
And I said, "Well, that's the one thing we've got"
And I said, "What about Breakfast at Tiffany's?"
She said, "I think I remember the film
And as I recall, I think we both kinda liked it"
And I said, "Well, that's the one thing we've got"
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Todd David Pipes
Breakfast at Tiffany's lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc
Is your life today what you pictured a year ago?
When it’s Sunday, I think about Monday (begrudgingly, and with pre-Monday morning blues)
Tuesday I focus on Tuesday, hoping to hear some good news
Wednesday is mid-week, we’ve made it over the hump
Thursday is pre-Friday, which brings a smile to my face
Friday is Friday, no need to explain
Saturday is actually called Caturday (cat “staff” will understand)
And Sunday wraps it up and simultaneously starts anew
To think a year in advance, I would miss all this present day living there is to do
Tell us about your first day at something — school, work, as a parent, etc.
November 19, 2020
I woke this morning without a mother
I didn’t see you yesterday
When you breathed your last
I think you did it because I wasn’t there
Daddy died years ago
In my second semester
I almost failed out
I awoke today
With no parents
It’s the first and the last
Today
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At the intersection of lightning bugs
And honeysuckle
We would sit in your yard
And you would smoke your cigar
The highway nearby
With speeding cars that sound like flies
And trains that rattle like thunder
Move on just as time does
And the scenes that were dreams
Remain so
It snowed today
The honeysuckle sleeps
Lightning bugs slumber
It’s the icy road of winter
No more the corner of summer
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“It's Amy,” I said. 