Fabrication<\/p>\n
Construction begins tomorrow
\nat 9am sharp, not weather dependent,
\nnot whether I\u2019m ready or not, not
\na question of it not happening,
\nGod willing.<\/p>\n
Before 9am, I will say my rosary
\nand my daily prayers, shower,
\nslather in some mega-moisture
\nconditioner and leave it in; I will
\nnot be going anywhere tomorrow.
\nI will pick a pretty bathing suit and
\nthat will be my construction outfit
\nfor the day; I will not be swimming,
\ncleaning, doing laundry or cooking,
\nI won\u2019t even be digging in the garden.<\/p>\n
I will be excavating the ponderous pile
\nof pending poems that are strewn
\nin random order in my head. My muse,
\nHarry, and I will sort and write, edit and
\npolish, one poem an hour for 24 hours.
\nAs a team, we will tap into lines jotted
\non scraps of paper, old envelopes, and
\nlining journals that line every bookshelf,
\nprompts hanging from curtain rods, hiding
\nin dust bunny fashion, and those right
\nbefore my eyes. The Poetry Marathon
\nwelcomes us in unabashed embrace
\nand we can hardly wait.<\/p>\n
There will not be enough time in one day
\nfor us to deconstruct my writhing darlings,
\nto undam all those recalcitrant snippets
\nthat litter the byways of my brain canals
\nbut we will pickaxe them like rich veins
\nof pure gold, mine them into versed lines,
\ntitled, kissed, and cataloged, and then
\nmove on to the next and the next
\nuntil two dozen fledglings breathe.<\/p>\n
9am Saturday sleepless through 9am
\nSunday. A few miles on the exercise bike,
\nberries in blue, black, and red to snack on,
\nand the holy grail of decadent rewards \u2013
\none piece of dark chocolate for every poem
\nbirthed, scrubbed, and baptized. I hid the bag,
\nwill abracadabra it to my desk in the morning,
\nalong with hot caffeine until noon, then cold,
\nthen maybe a splash of gin that goes so well
\nwith Dove chocolates, and those inspirations
\ninside the foil wrappers will become magical
\npoems when the sky is sparkled with stars
\nand my Harry is napping.<\/p>\n
A day away, construction begins tomorrow,
\na tool belt full of metaphors, no hard hat,
\nno work boots \u2013 I\u2019ll be barefoot; no way
\nI\u2019m going to miss this distraction-empty time
\nwriting writing writing. Join me if you dare.<\/p>\n
~ J R Turek
\nJune 25, 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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