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
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- 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.”