Read a poem by another poet written
on the same day:

was I dreaming?
what are the dreams before sleep about?
last night I was a lesbian
I think I was going to get a tattoo

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the year gets so late
my knows bleeds
it rushes by so fast
my ears roar
where do my days go
how many have a speed
wandering lost in the living room
trying to find my way in the kitchen
stumbling over the lamp n the bedroom

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there are crickets outside
and the little girls ask about frogs
they want to find pollywogs
this I'm not sure of
they require still water
maybe some mud

the water outback
rushes today in its channel
doesn't stop for pollywogs
a racoon eats the catfood
knocks over the trash
chases the little black dog
the sky is too bright for the stars

yet here a frog nestles in the dahlia
a gray rock in the soft white tenderness