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Shawn L. Bird
Shawn Bird is an author, poet, and educator in the beautiful Shuswap region of British Columbia, Canada. She is a proud member of Rotary.
slow September 25, 2012
Tags: exhaustion, gladioli, metaphor
I feel like I’m moving in slow motion this week. All sorts of things are happening, and I’m watching them with a dull, glazed head. I have so many things I need to get done in the next couple of weeks, but I am too foggy to concentrate on them.
I’m reading some interesting books, I’m getting lots of exercise, I’m sleeping more than I have in ages. There is no good reason for me to be out of it.
I feel a bit like I am represented by the gladioli on my entry table. They’ve drained their water, and have dried out, but they have formed such interesting, squiggly, abstract shapes, and faded into such an interesting colour that I haven’t had the heart to toss them out! If I get some energy tomorrow, I’ll take a photo so you can see what I mean.
In the meantime, what interesting thing in your house represents you, these days?
As promised, here are my tired glads:
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