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The Day Is Like
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The day is like
the day before
the worm arrived
in a jar at my doorstep.
Before I took the worm in
and fed it lettuce leaves and fresh water.
Before I had something to care for,
when loneliness was the largest difficulty around
and isolation pounded beneath my lids like
a cancer.
The day is tick tock and as slow as waiting
for that needed call to arrive.
I collect the noises from outside
but have nowhere to put them. I open my mouth,
but my voice has gone underground.
The sun looks in on me, but evades my skin.
I don’t hold my breath. I let it in and out.
I let the day be a blank wall.
And sometimes a day like today is like
an empty room and this empty room
is a treasure.
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Copyright © 2006 by Allison Grayhurst
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First published in “Buddhist Poetry Review”
https://www.buddhistpoetryreview.org/archive/issue-two/allison-grayhurst
http://www.buddhistpoetryreview.com/archives/issue-two/allison-grayhurst
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