Entering the homestretch

Well, it's back to teaching tomorrow morning and into the homestretch of the 2005/2006 school year. It's been a brute, trying to stay sane while juggling the teaching & writing gigs. Here's my mantra for the next few months (an excerpt from Oblique Poetries, written last month, inspired by the Oblique Strategy, Breathe more deeply):

Breathe

feel the world slip inside

crowded

worries       combust

            exhale         ashes     slivers     chips     shards

Watch your thoughts
                                       expand