From: Mark Korsky
Subject: poem
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 18:17:10 -0700

IMPEDIMENTS

shut all the windows
on a hot summer day
and turn up the heat,
put on big wool mittens
and pet the cat,
go swimming
in overalls and raincoat,
put on earplugs
and listen to the windchimes,
sniff the roses
in a gas mask,
put on welding goggles
and look at the stars,
strap a sack of cement
on your back
and dance,
stuff your mouth with cotton
and sing --
then you'll know how I feel
when I'm not
barefoot.

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Mark Korsky
Taos, New Mexico