strange day

[fflo]

I slept hard, having caved to eat a painkiller in the wee hours.  So I slept in good, with the whole physiog relaxed fully flat, like it never is on its own anymore.  Then somehow when I got up I got stuck playing a game on my phone for hours.  Just opened it on a whim, to see what it was like.  A cube doubling game.  The catch was that I kept not "dying".  I kept staying alive, and cube doubling.  Paused to feed the cats and have some coffee but ended up stopping, finally, when it was going to be getting dark soon, I deleted the damn app, put on my rubber boots, and went out to get the mail.  Then I made brunchinner.

Oh, but I also paused in the game to put away socks and underwear, so's to empty the laundry basket so's to (when I finally dumped the game) take it down to have ready in case the clothes in the dryer were dry, from last night, which they weren't.  And, while rearranging some socks for a more current and winter-oriented layout, up against the side of the sock drawer I found a sheet of paper folded in 4.  'Twas an old poem of mine, shown below in a photo, as I'm trying not to fire up the computer attached to the scanner this week.

I know I've edited it since this first version, as I remember dealing with a few prosaic bits I don't like.  But this version's fine for taking me back, and reminding me what it felt like to be with that girl on that day.



 

Comments

[pane-carasau079.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I've made that mistake at 5am. My meds tend to make me fall asleep around 8ish and by 4:15am-5 I'm starting to wake up... so I grab my phone to glance at something and before I know it, I'm awake and suckered into something.

I also like how you're willing to revisit your previous writings and even edit them if you prefer. I have a love hate of my own writings and poem that sometimes if I don't love it, I toss it. Kudos to you for respecting your art!

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

I never did figure out the relative values of poker hands. And I didn't even know there were complicated liquor bottle sizes. I guess it figures. People talking about liquor alwasy sounds a little bit to me like hearing the cricket scores late at night when NPR goes to BBC. "Arsenal woofled over Manx in four wickets for a century over under."

OK, here's a real one: "Faf du Plessis fell agonisingly short of a double hundred but a career-best 199 put South Africa in command after day three of the first Test against injury-plagued Sri Lanka. After Temba Bavuma departed in bizarre circumstances for 71, walking after a caught behind appeal even though replays indicated he had made no contact with the ball, Du Plessis moved serenely to his 10th Test hundred.India close in on second Test as fragile Australia collapse at the MCG. Lahiru Kumara became Sri Lanka’s latest injury concern at Centurion, joining Kasun Rajitha and Dhananjaya de Silva, stretching the tourists’ bowling resources even further as Du Plessis continued to increase South Africa’s lead. The former captain missed out on 200 after shovelling to mid-on off Wanindu Hasaranga, the pick of Sri Lanka’s bowlers with four for 171, while Keshav Maharaj’s Test-best 73 helped South Africa to 621 all out. Lungi Ngidi then bowled the Sri Lanka captain, Dimuth Karunaratne, with a delivery that kept low before finding the outside edge of No 3 Kusal Mendis, with Rassie van der Dussen taking a simple chance at first slip. Kusal Perera (33no) and Dinesh Chandimal (21no) hung in to take Sri Lanka to 65 for two at stumps but they still trail by 160 runs."