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| 1 | --- | ||
| 2 | title: January | ||
| 3 | genre: verse | ||
| 4 | |||
| 5 | id: january | ||
| 6 | toc: "January" | ||
| 7 | |||
| 8 | project: | ||
| 9 | title: Autocento of the breakfast table | ||
| 10 | class: autocento | ||
| 11 | ... | ||
| 12 | |||
| 13 | | January. | ||
| 14 | | It's cold, and I don't like it. | ||
| 15 | | I prefer warm weather, | ||
| 16 | | although I like sweaters. They are the one | ||
| 17 | | warm spot in an otherwise [shitty][] season. | ||
| 18 | | But fall is better sweater weather. So be patient, | ||
| 19 | |||
| 20 | | _patient_, | ||
| 21 | | while waiting for the end of January. | ||
| 22 | | A change of season | ||
| 23 | | brings a change of mood along with it, | ||
| 24 | | although I never thought I'd be one | ||
| 25 | | to believe that [SAD][] junk about effects of weather--- | ||
| 26 | |||
| 27 | | weather!--- | ||
| 28 | | on a person. Who becomes a patient | ||
| 29 | | just because of one | ||
| 30 | | [month of snow][]? I did say of January: | ||
| 31 | | "It's cold, and I don't like it," | ||
| 32 | | but I hardly think it's fair, knocking whole seasons, | ||
| 33 | |||
| 34 | | seasoning | ||
| 35 | | your conversation with demands for better weather. | ||
| 36 | | (While I find it | ||
| 37 | | nearly impossible, it's my mission to be patient | ||
| 38 | | while waiting for the end of January.) | ||
| 39 | | Oh, but how the long nights do so [tax][] one! | ||
| 40 | |||
| 41 | | One | ||
| 42 | | [warm spot][] in an otherwise shitty season--- | ||
| 43 | | all I ask, January, | ||
| 44 | | is one warm day. Do you care whether | ||
| 45 | | I'm a person who becomes a patient | ||
| 46 | | in some psych ward? This just about does it. | ||
| 47 | |||
| 48 | | I.T., | ||
| 49 | | although I never thought I'd call one, | ||
| 50 | | is fair and patient | ||
| 51 | | when I call. They talk with me, season | ||
| 52 | | my conversation of demands for better weather | ||
| 53 | | with an argument for the white beauty of January. | ||
| 54 | |||
| 55 | | They know it's hard; they say each season | ||
| 56 | | has its detractors. _One day_, they say, _the weather | ||
| 57 | | will be controlled---until then, patience in January_. | ||
| 58 | |||
| 59 | [shitty]: tapestry.html | ||
| 60 | [SAD]: seasonal-affective-disorder.html | ||
| 61 | [month of snow]: snow.html | ||
| 62 | [tax]: http://www.irs.gov/ | ||
| 63 | [warm spot]: real-writer.html | ||