Two or three things I know for sure

(My apologies to Dorothy Allison for blatantly ripping off the title of her book for this post)


I'm still working on those 6-10 lines per day I wrote about earlier this semester. They seem to be paying off in poems. Recently, though, I've been writing a lot about my mother, and my efforts to construct a poem from these lines are taking me nowhere. (I'm considering seeking professional help for my poem and my psyche). I decided to mix it up for tonight (and share with you, reader) my lines. Taking my inspiration from a classmate's wonderful poem entitled "More On What I Don't Know," I thought I'd try my hand at writing some things I do know (which, as graduate school/adult life teaches me daily, isn't very much). Here's my short list:

• Knowledge will get you so far. Knowing how to treat people will get farther.
• When baking cookies, grease the pan even when the recipe says not to (I'm anxious to hear your response to this one, Jenn!)
• Love a sappy song well aware that you can't make someone love you with a song.
• Eating breakfast makes me hungrier by lunch.
• Once upon a time, my parents were people, too (making all the mistakes that personhood requires)

So that's not quite six lines, nor is it quite poetry (too sentimental, no movement), but maybe it's a start.

What are two or three things you know for sure?