By Misti
Date: 2002 Jul 13
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11:30 to 12:30, Friday Night

last night I spent an hour in the pool
had it all to myself
I swam around and around
in ecstatic miserable circles
listening to teenagers partying
looking up at the stars
looking at a bug
feeling kinship
so small and powerless
in the vastness of space
and time
it took me an hour to feel
half-way okay
ready to walk back
to the reality
I've cheapened
with my sad lack of loyalty
and sanity
tonight I'll go swimming again
this time it might take
three hours
instead of
one.