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Zen of Housework

I look over my own shoulder

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and I see the horizon crumble
Sharon Eads <eve314_2000@yahoo.com>
Austin, TX USA - Tue Feb 29 15:06:09 2000

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and I wonder, what has this to do with housework?
Karen <tarantula01@hotmail.com>
Singapore - Wed Mar 1 08:20:04 2000

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Mop meditations, dust incantations,
Marcy Winograd <Winograd@gateway.net>
Pacific Palisades, CA USA - Sat Mar 4 08:15:32 2000

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liturgies of laundry lead me to
Skylar Burris <skylar.burris@gte.net>
Harlingen, TX USA - Mon Mar 6 17:56:49 2000

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worship the work I do.
rathnashikamani bijja <rashima@igcar.ernet.in>
kalpakkam, TN india - Thu Mar 9 04:56:33 2000

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I am caged by walls I've built,
Rachel <none>
Wonderland, WI USA - Tue Mar 14 10:05:13 2000

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buried amongst the cloth-filled mountains,
jaime belmares <belmaj@mailcity.com>
Austin, TX USA - Tue Mar 14 22:27:06 2000

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confused by my own flag of claim.
Teri Browning <efzqgp@aol.com>
Williamsburg, KY USA - Sat Mar 18 08:50:03 2000

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The scent of amonia burns my brain cells
Kym Bryant <rkbryant@midmaine.com>
Farmington, Me USA - Thu Mar 23 05:48:23 2000

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Frailty moves me to a caffeinated moment with newspapers.
Ingrid F <Ifroelich@hotmail.com>
Ottawa, ON Canada - Tue Apr 4 11:20:33 2000

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Joy and Sorrow ties together nothing to share.
Rachana Rahman <mrahman@aol.com>
frankfort, ky USA - Wed Apr 5 09:42:01 2000

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Nothing to give...oh, but there were
Mysti <MystiWiLD@aol.com>
Avon, CO USA - Fri Apr 14 03:37:23 2000

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days when the "Om-m-m" of home cleared the air, the mind
Patricia <Marsh183@aol.com>
Wheeling, WV USA - Fri Apr 14 23:23:47 2000

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loosing itself in a favorite corner, crackling stairs,
Lauraine Lagace <omero@home.com>
Calgary, al canada - Sun Apr 16 08:48:40 2000

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snapping for the chamber maid to bring a bucket of ice and some celery.
Anthony Jacobs <hamgun@ee.net>
Columbus, Oh USA - Sun Apr 16 19:57:29 2000

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Now the mind only reverbrates with Tide-faded dreams,
h.g. tyler <i_am_hope@mindspring.com>
raleigh, nc USA - Fri Apr 21 21:45:07 2000

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and I stare at dust of time past
Mark Manis <mamanis@freewwweb.com>
Dry Ridge, KY USA - Sun Apr 23 15:02:52 2000

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and wonder how long this task will last.
Robin <Robinnibo876@aol.com>
Irvington, NJ USA - Tue Apr 25 17:24:57 2000

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Screaming within to break the spell of monotony,
Faithe <-_Faithe_-@excite.com>
USA - Sat Apr 29 11:50:03 2000

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another soap opera temporary lobotomy.
Joy <jroan@stic.net>
San Antonio, TX USA - Sun May 7 22:52:41 2000

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Scratch another line to mark these hazy days,
Sara <prtybrd@yahoo.com>
Austin, TX USA - Tue May 9 17:49:57 2000

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your duties are done, set your worries astray --
Laura Hamelinck <laurahamelinck@hotmail.com>
Millbrook, On Canada - Sun May 14 11:42:05 2000

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red chapped hands and faded eyes
Elma Selby <easelby@blaze.net>
Fairfield, PA USA - Fri May 19 16:04:39 2000

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testify against our youthful dreams
Rosemary M. Welsh <welsh@nni.com>
Sellersville, PA USA - Mon May 22 17:17:00 2000

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as we step into this realm we call adulthood.
Mary BlackBonnet <littleingiegirl@purpleturtle.com>
mission, SD USA - Sun Jun 4 16:17:31 2000

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