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1. Loved your poem Jen. Reminded me of one of mine. it is the poem for 1992 i think, in my Myopic’s Vision: a poetic memoir’ (Ginninderra) to be launch in a couple of weeks. It has a poem for every year of my life. Warm regards, Virginia

   Insomnia

   Lying awake

   thoughts scurry like ants

   whose activity seems random

   only because we cannot perceive

   their method of communication

   or understand their underlying plan

   Freneric pest-like thoughts

   randomness only apparent

   Recognise their orderliness,

   they are trying to tell you something

   They are being thrown up for a reason

   Thoughts that swarm like pests

   can be herded into a poem

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