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Monday, February 21, 2005
February 28: Come To Your Senses!
Michelle: the hostess of the next Monday Night Writers:
Date: February 28th, 2005
Time: 7-9pm
Where: National University Lobby (old stomping ground)-Candice meets a group there in the lobby and it has worked out wonderfully.
Who's on first: Jenn-honing her sister piece by writing a query
Marsha-working on "Caffe Freddo" and query letter(s)--Please bring the baseball steroid piece
Claire-working on submitting "Mother of the Year" piece
Michelle-distributing Chapter 2 to group
Lex-submit something to the group
Eber-outline of his novel
What's on second: We need to talk about "letting" other people in our group.
I Wanted to Paint the Night
by Laurie Kutchins
I wanted to paint the night:
the glow that comes from nowhere
the yearly spill of lilacs
filling an open window
moonless steetlampless shine
the eyes adjust to
after the snuffed yellow smudge of lamp oil
loses its aferscent after the bodies of lovers
slip back into separateness
and the newborn sniffs out the milky
tit alert inside the gown
and the ears adjust to the still blue
breath falling on cattle
on hills windless as closed eyelids
and there memory of giving up
the long lulls between trains
the sound of a dog that chases rabbits
in its sleep and a green-eyed black cat
moving from one room to another
like a dream we usually sleep through
unless like me
you wanted to paint the night's own light
thin plum skin
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