Original poem reprinted online here: "Off Lows, Weakness Remains: Meditation #3" by Susan Briante Originally read: January 16, 2013 More information about the Poet: Susan Briante DIY means do it yourself . Knowing this now (rather than before when I only had a dictionary) turns the poem a bit more for me in a certain direction. However, I want to quote what I wrote earlier about this poem: "Reassurance of self in a parking lot - or rather 'everyone else' there is no talk of the speaker or you -- in this way -- the ambiguous advice serves as prophetic. I wonder in a different form, maybe avant or traditional, does (can) the same message get across ... and how or if one side dilutes more than the other an in what way?" Well that's more deep than I though. When I reread the poem I noted that the "you" is definitely referring to the speaker, and there's a sense of madness the more and more the speaker tries to "calm" him/hersel...
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