This keeps your rhythm steady and avoids coughing fits
Or as he trumpets in the poem, the only life: oh, I had an apprenticeship, I did, and now Ive had a bit of luck, some are beginning to think that I can write, but actually only the writing is the thing, now as it was then, whether yes or no or in between, its only the writing, its the only go when all else says stop Some of the most beautiful moments in this collection occur when the braggadocio is turned off, the lights grow dim and hazy, and from out of silence and softness emerges the bruised gospel of a cornered mortal: I see the gap I must leap, and I will be strong and I will be kind, I have always been kind, animals love me as if I were a child crayoning the edges of the world, sparrows walk right by, flies crawl under my eyelids, I cannot hurt anything but myself, I cannot even in the bloody grief scream
Helen Womer is one who has opted not to leave Centralia
Theres a table of contents below to help you go back to where you left off, because its a lot of work, and if you need to find an exact thing, you can do so by jumping around
And heres another sobering fact: even after quitting, it can take decades up to 30 years for health risks to return to baseline
