Fio found some semi-interesting writings while she was prowling through her papers today, so, of course, she's going to share them with you, whether you want to read them or not, SO HERE WE GO!
1) Graduate students are peculiar creatures, neither fish nor fowl,
And sometimes the tension gets to them
November 1987
2) RAILROAD CROSSING
Eyes that look beside you as you walk down the hall
Eyes that swivel sideways when you meet on the stair
Ears that do not heed you when they hear your call
Ears that do not listen-- because they do not care
So the helpless go unhelped and the hungry go unfed
And oftentimes I wonder as I lie awake in bed
What exactly would they do if I shot them in the head--
Would they still ignore me as they dropped down dead?
3) SHIP WRECK
Grab a board and hang on tight
The damn thing's going down!
But maybe if you've played your cards just right
You'll take some bastards with you when you drown!
4) Three weeks after miscarriage
Sometimes I wake in the early morning and am sad
I can't go back to sleep despite the pills, the calming darkness, or the comfort
Of my husband holding me close by--
Finally I leave the bed and go to the kitchen to cry
And think of the baby we never had
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