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| Dans la rue |
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| Je vais attendre |
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| Birds' Nest |
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| An Angel's Angle |
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Linear Alignment The Sky's the Limit  A Woodsy Wonderlust  Robert's Unchosen Pathway
Restless Wanderer
By Alex Conrad
The 8 am alarm sounds,
Loud and piercing,
Tearing through sinews
of fantastical visualizations.
Morning routines rushed
right through,
The clothes are a facade
that many choose painstakingly,
Knowing that impressions
count more than most.
The shoes slipped snugly
supporting soles.
Ready for the day to
begin.
Stepping outside the
doors of sanctuary.
Blinking, shaking with
anticipation,
Unsure of what lies
ahead.
Slowly meandering
towards a stop of transportation,
Waiting for the next
chariot to arrive.
Walk through robustly
full halls
Of higher learning
teaches me to wholeheartedly observe
Those who walk between
the pages
Of Poe, Confucius, and
Emerson,
But don't realize what
they're reading.
Finely toothed combing dispels
worry,
Filling minds with the
rinds of texts,
Embracing the
irreplaceable,
Grasping at wispy
contents and dreams.
Charismatic Grappling Crosses
Une Autre Rue
Awaiting the Arrival of Another Way
A Broken Hearted Doorway to Life
Blue Bonnet Bus
Azure Horizon
Linear Regression Plot Line
Ghostly Reminder of Lonely Nights
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I am amazed at the way that Alex transforms the everyday whether it is a subway car or an intersection in the suburbs. He's very talented!
I'll finish off with some music. I was listening to some music that pianist Ahmad Jamal made in the 1970s. It calmed me when I was anxious about grading; perhaps it will calm you down on a Saturday or Sunday.
This is Jamal's "One": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5MB8xkFdqo It is calming yet stimulating.
"Eclipse" is from his 1974 album Jamal Plays Jamal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrCnzcGC0Hw
Who wants to go to "Swahililand"? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-lQGUBiaqA
I'll finish with Jamal's cover of Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgeGfB5zAmc
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