5-Year Plan
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by Amanda Baker-Patterson
   [ found scribbled in a book in the Suzzallo library ]
   [ dated 4/13/2017, found 7/9/2017 ]

In my new life I'll fold
towels in a grown up fashion, get rich
with nutrients, learn
all the spices and buy us
a spice rack --- no, build one. Be sage.
I'll have all my jack-o-lanterns
in a row. Visit
Scotland and make the most
of the moors. Won't wish
for downpours but enjoy
dry thunder, sitting on the veranda,
reading recommended books. Know every
constellation and remember
my myths. Pronounce Greek
names right and never
be boring. I don't have a dog yet,
but he's out there somehwere.
At night, in the stairwell,
I can almost smell him.