Mopiness mops me,

though I try to grab the mop

and set it aside.

Sometimes it's a break

that I need, but resist,

that would really help.

My negative thoughts

like to test positively

and pretend they're good.

Jack and Jill fell down,

but they managed to get up

- at least I hope so.

I have to be me,

but try to be your version

- not sure that will work

What's a safe distance?

How close will still be okay?

I've long wondered.

 

neil fleischmann <nfleischmann1@gmail.com>	Jan 20, 2021, 11:24 PM (5 days ago)
to Dan

Being full of care

is much more what it's about

than being careful

Any time we help

another human being 

we will make mistakes

I'm a big issue

in relationships I'm in
and I can't leave me

Words and words and words

morph into mellow sadness

as my candle burns

Sometime without words

I experience feelings
in a strange way

I am a wishbone

being pulled into two parts

which will be bigger?

Praying makes me sad
when it feels unnatural
-which is natural

Regarding horses
affection explains itself
Why? Because horses.

- inspired by a recent NPR interview with a woman who loves horses

For years we wore masks
and then the pandemic came
and then we wore masks

1512

Is it hard for you

that your name is a brand name

starting with your dad?

 A role, and so long
Hiding and inhabiting
So long, now, so long.

Why do we stress that
someone grew up in a home
just when they didn't

- Inspired by and adapted from The Pull of the Stars, pg. 138


Every choice I make
seems to bring me new regrets
and that's a choice too

- Inspired by and adapted from The Pull of the Stars, pg. 154


Besides everything
that Corona is, it's a
monkey on my back


Sometimes, promised lands
are best viewed from the tops of
far away mountains

- Inspired by and adapted from a line in Pinny Bulman's poem, "To That End"