When in the morning I make coffee…
to what do my hands listen?
Once I had to tell them do this, do this, do this.
There are things a body learns.
There are things it won’t forget.
— Hannah Aizenman, from “Notes Toward an Elegy, or What the Books Were For“
Notes:
- Poem via lifeinpoetry. Photo: Aberrrant Beauty
- Prior “Lightly child, lightly” Posts? Connect here.
- Post Title & Inspiration: Aldous Huxley: “It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them.”
It better not forget 😊☕
muscle memory
You’ve done it again… Are you feeling guilty? 😉
– you introduced me to another blogger (the poet) I now ‘will have to’ learn more about
– ditto to a great piece of poetry – and I can tell you that after looking up the link I like the rest (or rather the beginning and middle) of this text even better….
– you made me feel really good
Happy now? 🙂
Good
Elated!
Who could that be, Kiki?
Why, Dave of course…. Did you have any doubts? He is now my oversea’s cultural and literature guru 🙂
Actually… my comment on David’s blog was for you to say that Dale was your new friend… 😉
And is he not absolutely wonderful?
Laughing. He is!
And full of himself, it would seem…😉😘
Ha! Compliments are so rare I don’t know what to do with them. 😐
‘Twould appear…And yet, we’re throwing them at you regularly! 😘
Laughing. Never seems to be enough! 😣
Awww go on… ya know we loves ya
Blushing.
I’ll leave you alone. For now.!
Thanks goodness for me!
Wow. Guru. The may be the nicest thing anyone has said about me in months!
She aims to please (and resting truthful…. – Just found an obi in THE French newspaper Le Monde – rom Jan 27, 18) on Ursula K. LeGuin, whom I got to know, yes, tks to you….!)
If the cup s floating, it must be decaf.
Never thought of that…
Such a lovely thought, this. So much of what we do is memorized.
It really is…
Reblogged this on It Is What It Is and commented:
Amazing … early in the morning!!
It is rather amazing just what the body can do “automatically”… thank goodness on some mornings!!
Body on auto pilot. Yes!
It’s amazing we don’t get ourselves into more trouble than we do, sometimes…
Truth!
Just having a nice cup of tea when the airplane hit an air pocket.
Laughing. Yes!