world's still spinning

"Trees, fallen leaves, an arguing
train. The afternoon a chickadee perched
and sang notes I'd never heard before
claiming the centre of my palm -
the world spins out from here"
-maureen scott harris

Linnea lives in Metro Vancouver. She is a published poet and artist, and is currently working on completing her MA in English.

Now, I gotta be careful here, but I’m still going to lay it out for you: I get cranky when people slack off. There’s nothing like marking a bunch of papers and then realizing that all the work you put in the first time around mostly was just to contribute to your right-wristed carpal tunnel.
Tomorrow, we’re going to have a bit of a ‘talk.’

Now, I gotta be careful here, but I’m still going to lay it out for you: I get cranky when people slack off. There’s nothing like marking a bunch of papers and then realizing that all the work you put in the first time around mostly was just to contribute to your right-wristed carpal tunnel.

Tomorrow, we’re going to have a bit of a ‘talk.’