[Critique Group 2] Emailing: Unheralded Friday morning battle- For 10-28-21 critique session.

[James]

Unheralded Friday morning battle
C by Brad Corallo 
Word count 153

Swimming up from anesthetized depths,
torpor like a robe of concrete 
dragging me back down.

Somehow try to fight against 
the energy sapping bonds.
Knowing with every fiber
that it is too soon!
Would so like to let go 
and Sink back gloriously.
But must perform-
after all it is show business and-
 the show must go on! 

In such moments,
Caffeine is my only friend! 

Gradually I pull myself up
with broken nails and blistered fingertips. 

Pain remains like an over wound fishing reel.
 seated deeply in muscles
surrounding the Atlas vertebrae. 
 
Slowly, depending upon excessive institutional coffee
I approach something like 
semi-functional awareness. 

I don't feel adequate to the day's demands.
And yet, I am there
making a supreme effort
to focus and do 
the necessary deeds at hand. 
Hoping the magic of accomplishment 
will ultimately, fully energize
and animate my weary strivings. 
jamesstarfire at gmail.com  
Your message is ready to be sent with the following file or link
attachments:

Unheralded Friday morning battle


Note: To protect against computer viruses, e-mail programs may prevent
sending or receiving certain types of file attachments.  Check your e-mail
security settings to determine how attachments are handled.


-- 
This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.
https://www.avg.com
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Unheralded Friday morning battle.docx
Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
Size: 11379 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <https://bluegrasspals.com/pipermail/group2/attachments/20211016/9b14eabd/attachment.docx>