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1 | i | ||
2 | didn't | ||
3 | write | ||
4 | this | ||
5 | sestina | ||
6 | yesterday | ||
7 | it's | ||
8 | the | ||
9 | first | ||
10 | time | ||
11 | i | ||
12 | fell | ||
13 | behind | ||
14 | in | ||
15 | my | ||
16 | task | ||
17 | and | ||
18 | hopefully | ||
19 | the | ||
20 | only | ||
21 | time | ||
22 | it | ||
23 | will | ||
24 | this | ||
25 | means | ||
26 | that | ||
27 | today | ||
28 | i | ||
29 | must | ||
30 | write | ||
31 | two | ||
32 | sestinas | ||
33 | if | ||
34 | i | ||
35 | don't | ||
36 | write | ||
37 | them | ||
38 | today | ||
39 | i | ||
40 | will | ||
41 | have | ||
42 | to | ||
43 | write | ||
44 | two | ||
45 | later | ||
46 | down | ||
47 | the | ||
48 | line | ||
49 | although | ||
50 | i | ||
51 | feel | ||
52 | i'm | ||
53 | slogging | ||
54 | through | ||
55 | each | ||
56 | line | ||
57 | i | ||
58 | think | ||
59 | i'm | ||
60 | doing | ||
61 | better | ||
62 | every | ||
63 | day | ||
64 | though | ||
65 | maybe | ||
66 | this | ||
67 | is | ||
68 | wishful | ||
69 | thinking | ||
70 | i | ||
71 | showed | ||
72 | my | ||
73 | friend | ||
74 | my | ||
75 | just-completed | ||
76 | task | ||
77 | two | ||
78 | days | ||
79 | ago | ||
80 | my | ||
81 | god | ||
82 | was | ||
83 | it | ||
84 | two | ||
85 | entire | ||
86 | days | ||
87 | i've | ||
88 | no | ||
89 | idea | ||
90 | what | ||
91 | i'll | ||
92 | do | ||
93 | after | ||
94 | thirty-nine | ||
95 | days | ||
96 | i | ||
97 | think | ||
98 | i'll | ||
99 | feel | ||
100 | like | ||
101 | inigo | ||
102 | montoya | ||
103 | who'd | ||
104 | been | ||
105 | in | ||
106 | the | ||
107 | line | ||
108 | of | ||
109 | revenging | ||
110 | for | ||
111 | so | ||
112 | long | ||
113 | he | ||
114 | didn't | ||
115 | know | ||
116 | what | ||
117 | to | ||
118 | do | ||
119 | with | ||
120 | the | ||
121 | rest | ||
122 | of | ||
123 | his | ||
124 | life | ||
125 | and | ||
126 | he | ||
127 | deigned | ||
128 | to | ||
129 | be | ||
130 | polite | ||
131 | but | ||
132 | i | ||
133 | could | ||
134 | tell | ||
135 | the | ||
136 | task | ||
137 | was | ||
138 | hard | ||
139 | for | ||
140 | him | ||
141 | he | ||
142 | told | ||
143 | me | ||
144 | finally | ||
145 | that | ||
146 | i | ||
147 | had | ||
148 | made | ||
149 | a | ||
150 | noble | ||
151 | effort | ||
152 | but | ||
153 | that | ||
154 | ultimately | ||
155 | i | ||
156 | failed | ||
157 | so | ||
158 | my | ||
159 | question | ||
160 | when | ||
161 | will | ||
162 | i | ||
163 | be | ||
164 | a | ||
165 | decent | ||
166 | sestina | ||
167 | writer | ||
168 | for | ||
169 | this | ||
170 | is | ||
171 | my | ||
172 | task | ||
173 | maybe | ||
174 | if | ||
175 | i | ||
176 | just | ||
177 | keep | ||
178 | cranking | ||
179 | out | ||
180 | line | ||
181 | after | ||
182 | line | ||
183 | i'll | ||
184 | finally | ||
185 | figure | ||
186 | it | ||
187 | out | ||
188 | maybe | ||
189 | one | ||
190 | more | ||
191 | day | ||
192 | or | ||
193 | another | ||
194 | week | ||
195 | will | ||
196 | do | ||
197 | it | ||
198 | or | ||
199 | maybe | ||
200 | i'll | ||
201 | need | ||
202 | two | ||
203 | or | ||
204 | maybe | ||
205 | it'll | ||
206 | never | ||
207 | happen | ||
208 | maybe | ||
209 | a | ||
210 | sestina's | ||
211 | too | ||
212 | involved | ||
213 | too | ||
214 | much | ||
215 | weaving | ||
216 | of | ||
217 | words | ||
218 | too | ||
219 | fine | ||
220 | and | ||
221 | i | ||
222 | will | ||
223 | never | ||
224 | write | ||
225 | a | ||
226 | good | ||
227 | one | ||
228 | even | ||
229 | on | ||
230 | my | ||
231 | best | ||
232 | day | ||
233 | even | ||
234 | if | ||
235 | i | ||
236 | employ | ||
237 | all | ||
238 | my | ||
239 | skill | ||
240 | and | ||
241 | all | ||
242 | my | ||
243 | will | ||
244 | i'm | ||
245 | not | ||
246 | used | ||
247 | to | ||
248 | writing | ||
249 | poems | ||
250 | with | ||
251 | thirty-nine | ||
252 | lines | ||
253 | that | ||
254 | must | ||
255 | be | ||
256 | the | ||
257 | problem | ||
258 | must | ||
259 | be | ||
260 | why | ||
261 | this | ||
262 | task | ||
263 | is | ||
264 | herculean | ||
265 | he | ||
266 | only | ||
267 | had | ||
268 | to | ||
269 | finish | ||
270 | twelve | ||
271 | tasks | ||
272 | and | ||
273 | i | ||
274 | have | ||
275 | one | ||
276 | less | ||
277 | one | ||
278 | thousand | ||
279 | five | ||
280 | hundred | ||
281 | twenty-two | ||
282 | and | ||
283 | it's | ||
284 | nothing | ||
285 | but | ||
286 | complaining | ||
287 | lines | ||
288 | about | ||
289 | how | ||
290 | hard | ||
291 | it | ||
292 | is | ||
293 | to | ||
294 | be | ||
295 | a | ||
296 | person | ||
297 | i | ||
298 | am | ||
299 | getting | ||
300 | sick | ||
301 | of | ||
302 | myself | ||
303 | with | ||
304 | these | ||
305 | poems | ||
306 | and | ||
307 | will | ||
308 | soon | ||
309 | be | ||
310 | loathe | ||
311 | to | ||
312 | get | ||
313 | out | ||
314 | of | ||
315 | bed | ||
316 | every | ||
317 | day | ||
318 | but | ||
319 | i | ||
320 | tasked | ||
321 | myself | ||
322 | with | ||
323 | this | ||
324 | which | ||
325 | may | ||
326 | be | ||
327 | the | ||
328 | worst | ||
329 | i | ||
330 | ever | ||
331 | do | ||
332 | to | ||
333 | myself | ||
334 | i | ||
335 | thought | ||
336 | a | ||
337 | poem | ||
338 | nanowrimo | ||
339 | would | ||
340 | be | ||
341 | fun | ||
342 | would | ||
343 | line | ||
344 | my | ||
345 | resume | ||
346 | give | ||
347 | me | ||
348 | something | ||
349 | i | ||
350 | could | ||
351 | publish | ||
352 | someday | ||