Sunday, January 2, 2022

14,043. I HEARD YOU WERE STILL LIVING

I HEARD YOU 
WERE STILL LIVING
Sometimes the sun goes by : Not so 
often, however, as to be regular. See 
what I mean? I talked with an editor
over my use of commas. 'The Oxford
Comma Guy,' he called me. I took it
as a slur, and I pinched his abnormal
sister; sorry, I meant 'punched.'
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If five will get you ten, what's that
mean? Yes, I asked the judge that too.
Another time, he asked me the time.
'Five to ten,' I said. 'He answered,
'That's exactly what you'll get.'
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I had heard that one before. But, still,
never being able to figure things out,
I had to ask myself, 'How much of me
is just a handicap now?'
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'Just a Handicap Now.' Pretty good
name for a book, or don't you think?

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