…already in progress
remember that antsiness?
hopping one-footed
from impatience
to exasperation
the “BREAKING NEWS”
ticker-taped drama
interrupting
your favorite show
interminable
in childhoods’ eyes
worthless irrelevant
waste of time
impingement
on your levity
the voice of
Peanutted adults
“wah, wah wah, wah wah”ing
until the
FINALLY
stoically intoned
sweet release
the discovery
discombobulating
of plot twists
irretrievably lost
(the days before
instant perpetual
electronic gratification)
favorite characters
now played by
different actors
and you missed
the announcement
now imagine
instead of a show
that was your LIFE
running on
while you are gone
plots reversed
characters
mystappeared
and NO ONE
has a DVR
and tell me again
how incarceration
rehabilitates
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nostalgic and deeply powerful
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Thank you Christine! Your appreciation means a lot, since your work is itself very powerful.
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I love the Peanuts reference. And the rest, of course.
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That was spontaneously inspired as my fingers flew
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That’s the best kind!
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