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I brushed the crumbs aside.

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And I regarded each day as a square of light.

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I marked off days on the calendar.

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I grew bored & made tostones.

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I painted & meditated & ruminated on human need.

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I drew back the curtains & let some light in.

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I loped around in ever-tightening concentric circles.

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I daydreamed about mathematics.

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I went to the library.

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I quoted Martin Luther King, Jr. while building a snowman.

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And I shoveled snow.

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In the Chicagoland area, I was harassed by hooligans in the night.

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I made my eldest daughter smile by drawing a silly picture of her.

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I burned my favorite sweater.

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I made a six-story apartment building out of a cardboard box.