Back at School

So, I got a ride from my mom back to school - my sister had a practice to go to - and I took the campus shuttle over to the local 24-hour grocery to buy some carbonated sugar water. That done, I helped one of my floormates with a couple homework problems, checked my NationStates account, browsed my blogs, and came back here.

I should mention: Before returning to school, I watched some of the video that my brother (nanakikun) recorded of our most recent DDR bout. My mom suggested that we should incorporate some movement of our arms into our playing if we want it to look like dancing. Might be a good idea.

Still earlier, my mom was transferring some music video tapes to DVD, and one particularly-nice song came up: "Luka", performed by Suzanne Vega. It's on iTunes, so I probably should buy it.

Oh, the poem? I ... haven't looked at it. I guess I will now.

Poem: Meeting a Cat

March 9 - 13, 2005

I was reading when you saw me
Sitting with my book alone.
Maybe you were bored, and therefore
Curious about your guest.

So you wandered over, saw me
Sitting with an empty lap.
Did you find that lap inviting?
Worth the walk across the room?

Did you? Still, I found it shocking,
Sitting with my open lap,
When I felt a pawprint on me,
When you stepped on me, your guest.

Fool I was, I missed your meaning;
Sitting, not to make a lap,
But to read alone in comfort,
Reading, sitting in your room.

Though I knew you wanted something,
Sitting there, I knew not what.
Still, I didn't want to snub you,
Not when I was just your guest.

Petting you was my reaction.
Sitting near you, petting you.
Soon you bored of simple petting,
Soon you left and crossed the room.

Left alone, I soon returned to
Sitting with my book again.
You were gone and soon forgotten
By your quiet reading guest.

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I'm not completely satisfied with this, but I'm never satisfied with anything I do. In any case, more of my poetry is available on my school site.