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Presences in the room:
overhead light,
rotating fan,
and radio playing a boppity-cheerful song.
On the middle of my bed,
lies an open notebook
with pencil nearby.
They wait patiently
for me to make use of them.
They will wait a while longer.
For the moment, I am
sprawled comfortably across the blankets,
thinking, and noticing
that on the other side of the notebook,
my cat lies in the same pose.
Her tail twitches;
I smile.
We both rest and breathe,
while the fan and the radio go at it.
We rest, doing nothing in particular,
letting the airwaves
and the waves of air
wash over us,
and we are calm.
Moments like these
are the best part of doing homework.
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