Bad poetry, good luck

May 14, 2001

tomorrow night i am reading some words and rima is singing some songs, so tonight we had a dress rehearsal in our living room — “dress rehearsal,” i called it, but really we were in our pajamas and i can assure you i won’t be performing in those. my pieces, of course, were mostly sad because all bad poetry is sad. (ok, so i actually like what i’m reading, but it is so dear to my heart that i am on the verge of having a coronary just thinking about it.) hers, because she is my comic relief, were hilarious, and i laughed so hard i collapsed on the futon, burying my head into the velvet pillow and holding my belly from bursting.

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my mom helped me rearrange my bedroom so that it follows feng shui because, you know, good luck and all. but i didn’t tell her that i don’t believe in that. last week, i slept on the floor surrounded by boxes and dirty laundry and good things happened, anyway. the week before that, i lived in a dark box with wood panelling and a window that overlooked the kitchen counter and, still, i was happy.

this is how my life has changed in the past two weeks: i hear more music. i give more away. i say what’s on my mind. i make coffee in the morning. i wake up to sunlight.

a few minor adjustments here and there, and i would be the happiest girl alive, but i guess there needs to be something to keep for my dreams at night.

 


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