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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Nighttime Conversations

Nighttime Conversations

Moss, Eric

Paperback

General Poetry

ISBN10: 1539516237
ISBN13: 9781539516231
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Oct 13 2016
Pages: 66
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.17 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Nearly four years ago my toes began to turn black and ache. I was given a diagnosis of gangrene. The pain grew worse, and it became nearly impossible to walk. I could no longer focus on my work as a clinical psychologist and had to stop meeting with people. Most difficult were the nighttimes. It became impossible to lie in bed. I tried to find positions in which the pain was less: a foot hanging over the side of the bed, sleeping in a sitting position in a TV chair. These changes helped me sleep an hour or two, but then I would wake up moaning and groaning. To help pass the nights I began writing, something I have always enjoyed. But, I quickly found I no longer had the patience for prose, so I tried something new: poetry. I would write down the thoughts that had come came to mind during the day and then make alterations, putting them into brief, rhyming (in most cases) verse Soon, I was having lyrical conversations with myself, and it became easier to get through the nights.

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