Sunday, January 31, 2010

Loop Inspiration

An exercise for inspiration: begin to write (write!) for two minutes. But you MUST stop after two minutes. Then circle any word from that piece, and begin writing with that word for another two minutes. Repeat. Here is my first loop.
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Travel Time.
When you leave the house eventually,
maybe early in the morning,
with no guarantees.
Maybe you will not sleep in a bed tonight.
Maybe you will not sleep, because you are stopped at the border between the U.S.A. and Canada. And the police are inspecting your car.
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Guarantees.
You said "I do."
You exchanged rings.
And yet
it's just whatever.
People tell you both that
breaking this union is
unholy, impossible,
even. Just as you can't
pull apart a golden
circle.
Oh
but you can melt it in fire.
What better symbol can
we exchange?
A heart? A lung?
Bone of my bone
flesh of my flesh.
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Impossible.
She only has one arm that works. But she is determined to climb the rock wall. So she gets the harness situated, with help. And Wendell holds the ropes, and she begins an ascent.
Impossible.
But she is not alone. Her twin sister uses her two good arms to hoist herself up, just beside her. And with the strength of three arms, they go up, up--to the top.

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