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My favorite at the moment because I can relate to the struggle between focus and the wandering mind. Also, Billy Collins is just fantastically light-hearted.
Fool Me Good Billy Collins I am under the covers waiting for the heat to come up with a gurgle and hiss and the banging of the water hammer that will frighten the cold out of the room. And I am listening to a blues singer named Precious Bryant singing a song called "Fool Me Good". If you don't love me baby, she sings, would you please try to fool me good? I am also stroking the dog's head and writing down these words, which means that I am calmly flying in the face of the Buddhist advice to do only one thing at a time. Just pour the tea, just look into the eye of the flower, just sing the song one thing at a time and you will achieve serenity, which is what I would love to do as the fan-blades of the morning begin to turn. If you don't love me baby, she sings as a day-moon fades in the window and the hands circle the clock, would you please try to fool me good? Yes, Precious, I reply, I will fool you as good as I can, but first I have to learn to listen to you with my whole heart, and not until you have finished will I put on my slippers, squeeze out some toothpaste, and make a big foamy face in the mirror, freshly dedicated to doing one thing at a time one note at a time for you, darling one tooth at a time for me. |
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