Breakfast

In a disoriented blindness
I pressed the snoooz button
with my middle finger
As if to say "F*** YOU"
to time, to obligation
I covered my face with the three tattered and flimsy green blankets
SMASH the snooze one last time
With my eyes peering slightly through there lids
I fumbled to find the lavatory
In the process,
Accidentally stumbling over the the loud mouth cat in his pursuit to beg for breakfast
You and me both, BUDDY
Auto pilot is on now.
Turn on the faucet
Stare at my reflection in disbelief while
I wait for the icy water to make its way to a tolerable warmth.
No time though
Throw cold water over my pillow creased face
Scrub
Scrub
Scrub
Wake up
Wake Up
Wake UP
No time for breakfast today.

What I Ate For Breakfast

I ate colorful captain crunch cereal with fat free milk for breakfast/
While I was tasting the sweetness of the cereal/ And crunching on piece by piece of the yummy goodness/
All my worries went away./
The deliciousness of the sugary cereal tingled by taste buds/
Wanting me having more.

-Audrey :)

Breakfast

I SHUFFLED in the kitchenand opened the cupboard,
grabbed one of the LARGE plates,
and put it down on the OPPOSITE counter.
THEN I opened the refridgerator and pulled out EGG bagels
and CREAM CHEESE from the next shelf up.
I decided against the EGG bagels and REPLACED them with an ONION bagel.
I opened the "APPLIANCE garage" and pulled out the toaster.
I used a BUTTER knife to cut the bagel in half
and dropped EACH HALF into the toaster.
I set the toaster for "BAGEL"
Then I EMPTIED the crumbs from CUTTING it into the sink.
I STARED at the toaster for roughly TWO minutes until it POPPED.

In Class Writing 10/12/09

This morning
I ATE bacon
Pulled each piece out
PIECE by PIECE
With Tongs
I retrieved the pan from the CUPBOARD
Turned the stove to HIGH
Laid PIECE by PIECE in the pan
Snap
Crackle
Pop
The bacon was getting crispy
FLIPPING each piece as it DARKENED
Grease SPLATTERED me on the hand
PIECE by PIECE was removed from the HOT oil
PIECE by PIECE was additionally placed
PLACED into the pan
Until I ran out
Putting the pan in the sink
Rinsed the grease off
DRIED the pan
ATE the bacon
DELICIOUS

My Life and Letters to Unfinished J

I enjoyed reading both of these. Both were different from what we have been reading in class so far. I wasn't confused reading them, and I was able to stay focused and pay attention to what I was reading as opposed to other readings in this class! I did find My Life more interesting and fun to read than Letters to Unfinished J. Although Letters had normal sentence structure that was easy to follow, the concepts to me weren't as easy to understand. It jumped around alot and didn't form a cohesive story that I could follow or even piece together. My Life on the otherhand was alot easier for me to follow and to understand. There were times when the storry would go on for a few sentences and then get interrupted by another thought of the writer. It wasn't too jumbled up for me to enjoy!

Gudding and Olson

Gudding reading was more like a diary of what occurred on different dates and times.So it was like I was reading this persons diary that accounts for daily or monthly activity or that he was jotting down notes so he could remember them. As with Olson reading the first reading excerpt I understand that he was defining poetry as energy, and instructed the reader as to how to go about writings poems. On page two of the first Olson reading, he writes, "A poem is energy transferred from where the poet got it." In the second reading we get to see his poems. So the first reading was more like instructing how to right poetry with the second Olson reading showing the results of the art of writing with energy.

Unfinished j

Murphy's writing is much different than most of what we've read this semester. We discussed in depth what it means to "make sense"; for the most part, Murphy brings her writing a lot closer to our preconceived, traditional, notions of what makes sense. I cannot say that all of it is comprehensible, but at least some of it is, which contrasts greatly with the works of Stein and the majority of other writers that we've read about thus far. At least the theings she writes are in full sentences with a subject and verb along with colorful and eloquent language that makes it more interesting. It is a good change from most of what we've read where we would be lucky to find even a simple structured sentence within a jumble of words.