Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Sunday

Can’t smell, can’t think, can’t hear, can’t focus.
Sniffle sniffle & a thousand mile stare.
They are watching me as my voice shorts-out like a walkie-talkie dropped in the pool; they are watching me as I stand up and wobble, clogged ears temporarily cutting off my equilibrium at the knees; they are watching me as I snort mucous between sentences, involuntarily covering their mouths in disgust...
Some would say that I’m a hero for sticking this out despite my obvious sickness; others, like my students, would disagree.

Wholeheartedly, I believe.

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