Monthly Archives: May 2009

Nocturnes

In the distance, at night, maybe everything sounds inspiring and lonely. James Joyce wrote about hearing an tenor sing.J.D. Salinger wrote about hearing people laughing.Langston Hughes wrote about hearing a band play. With me, still in bed with pneumonia, all I’ve got to write about is hearing my neighbor sneezing repeatedly.

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Pneumonia Day 10

After nine days in bed, I had the bright idea of staving off boredom and going to work. I arrived and my boss called me a dumbass. She wants me to go back home. I dread leaving to head back to bed, but I think I don’t have much choice. Ugh.

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