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today i will... today i will give my desire for permanence the day off and sit in a chapel made of twigs and spit today i will give my desire for certainty the day off and dwell in the place of not-knowing today i will give my desire for security the day off, open the windows and  let in the breath of fresh air                                                               Stacy Stall Wills Probably a little more serious than the poems in the previous post on Today ( Today - 1 ). But there is a similarity.  In all of them there is a certain child-like quality, a letting go of the rules, a sense of adventure and an implicit critique of those elements that we deem part or even essential for a good, stable life. We detect a longing to be free from all the trappings we’ve got ourselve...

Today (1)

Today I want to post the first in a series of poems on “today”. Lately they just came to me, so I have to listen. Let’s start at the basics. To all of us who are – or trying to be - so good, still model children – even at 50, always striving, pillars of the community, heavy-laden with the burden of Ought-to’s.  Today TODAY I will not live up to my potential. TODAY I will not relate well to my peer group. TODAY I will not contribute in class.   I will not volunteer one thing. TODAY I will not strive to do better. TODAY I will not achieve or adjust or grow enriched      or get involved.   I will not put my hand up even if the teacher is wrong      and I can prove it. TODAY I might eat the eraser off my pencil.      I’ll look at clouds.      I’ll be late.      I don’t think I’ll wash. I NEED A REST.           ...