Wednesday, January 20, 2010

trouble being present


Each morning when I run the hill at Tenley looms, makes me weary even before its slope impends. One morning familiar fatigue hit just at its start, by the VW dealership where a sale is perpetual. I braced myself, but vanished into thoughts of days to come. When I arrived at the Metro station that is the hill's end I couldn't remember space in between.

Too many days have become Tenley hills, swift movement and vague memory and no world better for having lived within it. Trouble being present.

2 comments:

Stephanie Trigg said...

Hmm. Do I diagnose a sadness about no longer being chair? This is such a melancholy post. Sounds as if you need a holiday after your term as chair, not a return to work, lighter load notwithstanding.

Jeffrey J. Cohen said...

An ambivalence. On the one hand, a weight has lifted, and I am happy not to have so many chores. On the other, I feel slightly unmoored!