[Critique Group 1] Mary-Jo's piece for Next Wednesday

[Mary-Jo Lord]

Hi,

 

Here is a poem for next week. I did an exercise that Abbie and valerie
posted on the list, but I left the letters on the beginning of my words.
I'll also attach this, since line breaks don't alwayse transfer.

 

Without the Letter M

 

There wouldn't be any money,
so I wouldn't need to go to work and make a living.

 

The dispatcher at the cab company wouldn't begin his apology with,
"So sorry Mary. I forget it's Monday."

 

I wouldn't work with  mumbling, entitled, moody millennials whose
mothers attempt to speak for them. 

 

I wouldn't receive messages from students and faculty
that lead to hours of detective work.
Mental muscles work overtime to
unravel his story, her story, and
details from someone else to find the truth.

 

I wouldn't need to attend meetings where we waste
hours, while someone always monopolizes, and
nobody wants to take minutes,  .

 

Memos about policies designed to
consume time or reduce the budget
wouldn't fill my in box.

 

But, without the letter M:

 

There wouldn't be muggy summer nights,
when the insects and frogs are so loud,
it sounds like someone turned the night on.

 

I wouldn't have lazy weekend mornings,
made for sleeping in and not rushing anywhere.

 

I would have never experienced a surprise March snow storm,
that close down everything in town,
keeping us inside with Hands curled around  mugs of hot coco?

 

I wouldn't have mornings in late May,
when the sun and I rise at the same time.

 

I wouldn't have music to fill my ears,
as I clean, work out, or drift off to sleep.

 

My world would have never been expanded by
Microsoft, the Internet or the Mac.
I can't fathom life without email,
and the many ways to read, share, and process words.

 

Without the letter M,
there wouldn't be me.

 

 

 

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