My Take on the December Meme

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I was cutting a lime yesterday and found a cut on my thumb I didn't know was there. I found the cut several times.



I'm not really a fan of Michael Douglas or Tobey Maguire. But I do like Douglas when he plays against his slick image like in this movie or in "Falling Down".





This one is a fanfic dream.


DAYS
by Billy Collins

Each one is a gift, no doubt, 
mysteriously placed in your waking hand 
or set upon your forehead 
moments before you open your eyes.

Today begins cold and bright, 
the ground heavy with snow 
and the thick masonry of ice, 
the sun glinting off the turrets of clouds. 

Through the calm eye of the window 
everything is in its place 
but so precariously 
this day might be resting somehow

on the one before it, 
all the days of the past stacked high 
like the impossible tower of dishes 
entertainers used to build on stage.

No wonder you find yourself 
perched on the top of a tall ladder 
hoping to add one more. 
Just another Wednesday

you whisper, 
then holding your breath, 
place this cup on yesterday's saucer 
without the slightest clink.

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