When you’re sick, easy things become hard. Simple things develop the complexity of string theory, and feel oh so very trivial at the same time.<\/p>\n
Such is the case with this sick student and his homework. Here’s an old pome that describes how I feel about it and also doesn’t at all:<\/p>\n
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Homework Song<\/p>\n
After Mark Levine<\/p>\n
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Henri. Look. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s morning.<\/p>\n
You watch me scramble: clock from my ear, sand<\/p>\n
from my pocket. I am a mirror, a two-way<\/p>\n
lazy susan. I spin on my nose and walk<\/p>\n
in circles. I am a lens, I am convex. I magnify, concentrate<\/p>\n
light rays like old friends, I pull their hairs<\/p>\n
through the head of a pin, one at a time. You left,<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Henri, how could you, my nose full of tobacco<\/p>\n
and lint. I live just south of you. My voice is all funny.<\/p>\n
I am the Way and the Truth: I lick your shoes and you<\/p>\n
don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m here.<\/p>\n
I also sing and dance, very slowly. When I see<\/p>\n
a stop sign, I tie my limbs together. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s easy for Henri,<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
the rabbit taught him, out of the box. But me? I<\/p>\n
ain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Jack. I scratch my feet with a hammer, my soles<\/p>\n
are too thick. I talk to plants about the weather.<\/p>\n
I smell like television. They don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t trust me,<\/p>\n
I seem to have it all together. I am ceramic<\/p>\n
that hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t been fired yet. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m this close to finding out.<\/p>\n
We find out when we break. I run around telling folks<\/p>\n
to have a seat. I bisect myself, whistle, cough<\/p>\n
up tortilla chips at the crowd\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s feet. Give \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcem just<\/p>\n
what they want: salsa<\/p>\n
all over the place. But now I know<\/p>\n
I prefer chervil to cilantro, I am Jacque I say<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
bonjour, I am not a pen. I am dry. I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t stand still. Itch<\/p>\n
my head til it burns. I shed my fur in the summer. I am the 8-ball<\/p>\n
on the lip of the corn hole. I am black and white. I am an easy win.<\/p>\n
The light approaches and I become the earth. I spin<\/p>\n
on my axis, elongate into an oval, careen.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Henri says I am a gutter.<\/p>\n
I think I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m just the distal toe.<\/p>\n
He crawls into the fridge, and I<\/p>\n
Take the low rack of the oven.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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