Practice Based Attestation - feeling the lack of control

Control over my day to day life:

I'm anchoring a windmill
tilted at right angles,
I'm pegging sheets and clothing,
fighting weighty tangles
and futile bids for freedom -
moored, they flap and slap
together, held enslaved.
Haughty words can't sap
my strength while I'm in charge;
egos wear a gag.
I'm hanging out my laundry,
raising my own flag.
Agendas won't take over,
swallow, or enclose mine,
I'm in control, empowered,
standing at my clothesline.



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it's all too much- just like every other Feb

It's Wednesday night and I'm
a stuffed potato, couched
in weariness and slouched
in stress-related grime.

The TV drones and even though
I stare half-lidded, work
replays and stirs the murk
of stop-gapped overflow.


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