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Jun 17, 2010
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They call it “brain fog”
A bundle of words in my pocket
I used to wield them well
Now there’s a hole in the fabric
My sentences all gone to hell
I shake my head as if it helps
My hand upon my brow
I press and squirm
But the slippery worm
on my tongue tip slips away somehow
It isn’t the quantity in this life
it’s precision that appeals
I long for rest
at life’s comforting breast
And the peace that truly heals
I never seem to find the time
Or perhaps I just forgot
It’s not that I’m getting older
I just seem to have lost the plot
I used to wield them well
Now there’s a hole in the fabric
My sentences all gone to hell
I shake my head as if it helps
My hand upon my brow
I press and squirm
But the slippery worm
on my tongue tip slips away somehow
It isn’t the quantity in this life
it’s precision that appeals
I long for rest
at life’s comforting breast
And the peace that truly heals
I never seem to find the time
Or perhaps I just forgot
It’s not that I’m getting older
I just seem to have lost the plot
— Cloudthings, Jun 17, 2010
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Ravenshakti
16 years 1 month ago
Dear Anni...
professor
16 years 1 month ago
Dearest Anni
Candlewitch
16 years 1 month ago
Dear Anni
Nordic cloud
16 years 1 month ago
Hello Anni me gal, don't worry you haven't lost it!
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