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style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">I had to drop out of a
philosophy class in college because I'd begun to
think about what I was thinking about and I was
getting dizzy and sick. Here's a poem by Danusha
Laméris about getting relief from thinking. It's
from <EM>Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of
Mindfulness Poems</EM>, published by Grayson Books
of West Hartford, CT. The poet lives in Santa
Cruz, CA, and she has a book forthcoming in April
2020 from the University of Pittsburgh Press
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Opera</EM>.</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!--[if mso]>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">Don't you wish they would
stop, all the thoughts<BR>swirling around in your
head, bees in a hive, dancers<BR>tapping their way
across the stage? I should rake the leaves<BR>in
the carport, buy Christmas lights. Was there
really life on Mars?<BR>What will I cook for
dinner? I walk up the driveway,<BR>put out the
garbage bins. I should stop using plastic
bags,<BR>visit my friend whose husband just left
her for the Swedish nanny.<BR>I wish I hadn't said
Patrick's painting looked "ominous."<BR>Maybe
that's why he hasn't called. Does the car need oil
again?<BR>There's a hole in the ozone the size of
Texas and everything<BR>seems to be speeding up.
Come, let's stand by the window<BR>and look out at
the light on the field. Let's watch how the
clouds<BR>cover the sun and almost nothing stirs
in the grass.</SPAN></SPAN></P><BR><BR>
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