Ask for directions to the dock
Question your whereabouts and backtrack a bit
Question your decision
Look calm
Wish for Gravol but take Ibuprofen instead
Look calm
Stand alone together
Check your reason for being there with some new arrivals
Pet the dog when he jumps off the boat
Act calm
(1) Water runs freely and creates deep,
crystal clear pools.
(2) Great spruce trees and pines stretch to the sky
and grow lush and green.
(3) Stop…and listen.
(4) Listen to the water as it trickles over the stones;
Listen to the roars of distant waterfalls as they make
their presence known.
(5) Stop…and smell.
(6) Smell the subtle yet familiar scents of
the great Red Cedars, the Sitka Spruces, the Western Hemlocks,
and the Douglas-firs.
(7) Stop…and feel.
(8) Feel Mother Earth’s embrace;
let the warmth of the sun invite you,
let the headiness of all the scents entice you,
let the waters give you a sense of calm,
let the trees take you back home.
(9) Stop…and just be.
(10) Escape from the concrete jungle
if only for a moment.
Escape from the maddening crowd,
if only for a while,
And just be.
Undress
Put on a long t-shirt
Pull the covers back
Slid onto bed
Pull covers up
Wiggle until perfectly comfortable
Relax
Sleep, Sleep, Sleep
Open the door-no, don’t-take a deep breath first.
Now, open the door.
Walk through the corridor pretending making eye contact and saying ‘hi’ to strangers are in your inner nature.
Turn the lock to the right twice, to the left once, to the right once more.
Open the locker door-no, don’t-remove the lock first.
Now, open the locker door.
Put your hurley backpack making sure the logo is facing outwards.
Get your stuff, walk to your classroom, again playing the pretend game.
Open the door-no, don’t-take a deep breath first.
Now, open the door.
1.Transform what has been seen.
2.Break the silence.
3.Risk yourself.
4.Find radiance.
5.Ready yourself for scorn.
6.Embrace difficulty.
7.Work hard.
8.Find the language.
9.Turn despair into beauty.
10.Write.
Listen to the diagnosis but do not lose your shit in front of him, stay strong
Hope he can meditate those white cells into compliance
Feed him organic, why not?
Nuke him, chemo him, radiate the shit out of him but don’t forget to stay positive
Don’t upset people with your doom and gloom and surtout, do not mention death, it makes everyone soooooo uncomfortable
Ok docs, even though he’s terminal, aspirate that fucking blood clot out of his artery; please he has two little girls
Hold his wife up, wipe her snot, grief is so messy; better to be hit by a truck?
Do not worry about getting him to walk again for the rest of his life, it is not going to happen
Dope him up, make him comfortable so he can get his affairs in order, help him write farewell letters to his girls
Take his pulse and remove the tubes, close his eyes, call everyone, it is time to gather and bid a life farewell
Wait until the night before it’s due to begin your research
Research for 30 mins
Watch an episode of Gilmore Girls
Watch two more episode of Gilmore Girls
Research for 1 more hour
Struggle over writing a creative thesis before giving up and using a sparknotes ideas
Write an outline
Clean your bedroom
Begin writing your intro
Realize you have no idea what you’re talking about
Wonder what it all means
Cry and type
Go on facebook
Cry and type
Make a coffee
Cry and type
Print off your paper 30 mins before your class starts
Speed to class
Get a ticket
Hand in essay
Dance Dance Dance ladies and gentlemen,
Dance away to your hearts’ content.
‘Tis time for the Morris dance,
stepping rhythmically,
wearing bell pads
tinkling to and fro
waving handkerchiefs
brandishing swords
holding sticks
and dance, dance, dance.
Dance until Christmas
And then we go a mummering,
Performing St. George and the Dragon
At each other’s homes,
Dancing,
joking,
reciting,
and above all,
eating.