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Phantom Runner
Lunar pool/crisp
&
cool/
a transitory grasp/
clasp
by
clasp of cold/
lungs expanding/fresh
&
fluid,
moving smooth, in
a groove/ on
the
move/
secret sayer of soothe.
&
cool/
a transitory grasp/
clasp
by
clasp of cold/
lungs expanding/fresh
&
fluid,
moving smooth, in
a groove/ on
the
move/
secret sayer of soothe.
Published 2nd Mar 2023
Author's Note
[Twas crisp and cold…
Moon enmeshed in clouds…
Hadn’t planned to go running…
Was wearing pajama pants and running shoes…
Sort of challenged myself…
Took off my jacket, vest, hat, schmagh…
All that…
Then just took off…
Ran a mile…
Moved smooth…
Twas invigorating…
Following the run
I blazed one up…
Lungs opened…
Such a stark, vivd sky of tenebrous ink…
Ever so exhilarating and beautiful]
Moon enmeshed in clouds…
Hadn’t planned to go running…
Was wearing pajama pants and running shoes…
Sort of challenged myself…
Took off my jacket, vest, hat, schmagh…
All that…
Then just took off…
Ran a mile…
Moved smooth…
Twas invigorating…
Following the run
I blazed one up…
Lungs opened…
Such a stark, vivd sky of tenebrous ink…
Ever so exhilarating and beautiful]
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2nd Mar 2023 1:56pm
I’m an avid runner and just… yeah. The sweet relief of expansion… of both mind and body.
Really nicely done
2nd Mar 2023 4:14pm
Thank you Betty...
Getting back into it...
(Been a runner all my life...
Was a freshman track/cross country letterman...)
Prior to Corona...
I could run a half marathon...
Easy...
Not too concerned with that kind of stuff...
However...
I like challenging myself...
... Ps
We runners are a tribe...
:)
Getting back into it...
(Been a runner all my life...
Was a freshman track/cross country letterman...)
Prior to Corona...
I could run a half marathon...
Easy...
Not too concerned with that kind of stuff...
However...
I like challenging myself...
... Ps
We runners are a tribe...
:)
2nd Mar 2023 5:21pm
A tribe? More like a cult.
Five miles a day, and 10 on the weekend if I’m not pacing. (I pace half marathons.) I run an ultra every year, as long as my feet are ok.
But yeah, I’m in the running club, do the shoe-snob thing, and color coordinate my KT tape to the race t-shirt.
Good to meet a member of my cult.. er… tribe.
May the miles be easy for you today my friend.
3rd Mar 2023 8:46am
