Snapshot 9:44 am

Having been challenged by this 2peas post I'm making a list of what is happening in my life right at this moment:

• Kaleb is taking his mid-morning catnap
• Nathan is watching Spongebob against my better judgment
• I'm eating frosted mini-wheats, which has become my daily habit since school ended in May
• My washing machine is already going (a load of whites!)
• I keep glancing over at a layout I did last night, trying to decide if I like it or not
• Aside from that load of laundry I've not yet started any housework, so my bed isn't made and the kitchen's got the breakfast-detrius thing going
• Yesterday I read an interview in Tin House Review about Mark Strand (a poet) and this morning I keep repeating the lines from one of his poems I saw him read once:

I am the last of the platinum
Retrievers, the end of a gorgeous line.
But there's no comfort being who I am.
I roam around and ponder fate's abolishments
Until my eyes are filled with tears and I say to myself, "Oh Rex,
Forget. Forget. The stars are coming out. The marble moon slides by."

Comments

[Kelly Edgerton]

Amy, it sure sounds like your day is off to a good start. Don't worry about Sponge Bob, I've discovered he's relatively harmless to the wee little minds.

[Dar]

Spongebob is pretty tame compared to some of the stuff they put out there for kids. Scary. Have a wonderful day. =)

[SageHen]

It is much better to have that poem in your head than ... "Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?"
Which is what is in my head right now.

[Sophia]

HEY! I'm glad that ONE of us has a working washer! Now, Amy, I want your interpretation of this poem! ttyl!

Sophia

[elizabeth]

I love the poetry you are posting - and the earlier Rilke quote. Nothing like finding poetry right along with SpongeBob. My former English-major self needed this...