bluebird

I hope you enjoyed and/or were helped by my skin care post. Writing it made me realize that I need to dedicate more time to my own skin care regimen. I've started using the tanda ZAP I wrote about, but the jury is still out on it. When I reach a verdict, I'll let you know! 

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As much as I hate to admit this, I'm not a big fan of poetry. I prefer prose. However, I studied Charles Bukowski in college and fell in love with this poem. It's called, "bluebird." I hope you love it, too!

"there’s a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I’m too tough for him,
I say, stay in there, I’m not going
to let anybody see
you.

there’s a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I pour whiskey on him and inhale
cigarette smoke
and the whores and the bartenders
and the grocery clerks
never know that
he’s
in there.

there’s a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I’m too tough for him,
I say,
stay down, do you want to mess
me up?
you want to screw up the
works?
you want to blow my book sales in
Europe?

there’s a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I’m too clever, I only let him out
at night sometimes
when everybody’s asleep.
I say, I know that you’re there,
so don’t be sad.
then I put him back,
but he’s still singing a little
in there, I haven’t quite let him
die

and we sleep together like

that
with our
secret pact
and it’s nice enough to
make a man
weep, but I don’t
weep, do
you?"

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In other news, I began reading Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy this morning. I've wanted to read it for a while now and decided that today was as good a day as any. I doubt I'll have much time to read for pleasure once law school begins in August, so I set a new goal: get as much reading done as possible in the remaining months. August 29th will mark a new chapter in my life and I want to give it my all. The balancing act I wrote of a few weeks ago is going to apply much more once this phase of my life begins. Any suggestions for books to read?