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Thirty Days | Standing Inside Myself
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Breathe-in experience, breathe-out poetry Muriel Rukeyser For an impenetrable shield,stand inside yourself Henry David Thoreau. Some ten years ago I wrote a story about a middle aged woman who may or may not been having conversations with God. Who may or may not have been contemplating suicide. Who may or may not have been schizophrenic. Who may or may not have been pathologically bored by her life. Unfortunately, it is not a very good story; nonetheless, it sticks with me. Today I sat in repose attempti...