Excerpt from 'Splash State'

Splash State

By Todd Colby

The Song Cave

ISBN: 978-0-9884643-6-0

Wing Wing, 3,

Morning Poem, 4,

Lift, 5,

The Library, 6,

Wednesday, 7,

The Age of Frost, 8,

I Feel Like My Head is Expanding, 9,

Field Guide to Plants of the North, 10,

Scram, 11,

Silver Lime, 12,

The Clothing of My Death, 13,

Love Poem, 14,

Poem from Paris, 15,

Sit Still, 16,

Simple Times, 17,

Team Hand, 18,

Slow Joy, 19,

Violet Hush, 20,

The Secret Hours, 21,

Butter, 22,

My Plans, 23,

The Bone Above the Heart, 24,

You'd Think the Sky Would Run Out of Water, 25,

Sonic Prince, 26,

Memory, 27,

Action Town, 28,

Fun, 29,

Splash State, 30,

Tonight, 31,

My Modernity, 32,

Gas Stations & Weirdos, 33,

Laugh Track, 34,

The Ship, 35,

Done, 36,

Dawn, 37,

Electric Pony Light, 38,

Agency of Kisses, 39,

Hallelujah Anyway, 40,

Poem for Show, 41,

Glinty Blue, 42,

Soothing Poem, 43,

Who Let You Go?, 44,

Orchid Enthusiast, 45,

Let Us Know You're Here, 46,

II,

Home, 49,

Wings, 50,

My Campaign, 51,

Salute, 52,

Poem for Fridays, 53,

Electric Blanket, 54,

How to Look Like Everything is Okay in Photographs, 55,

My Dream of Everything, 56,

Hazy Evening, 58,

All Time Favorites, 59,

Look Out There, 60,

Someone Would Like to See You, 61,

September, 62,

Washing My Face, 63,

Jigsaw, 64,

Head, 65,

Can You Feel It?, 66,

In a Nutshell, 67,

Monsoonal Surge, 68,

Go! Team!, 69,

Facing the Music, 70,

Here You Go, 71,

New Practice, 72,

III,

Storm Kings, 75,

Soothing Poem, 77,

For Time & Being, 79,

Liquid Smoke, 80,

Endings, 81,

Josephine of Pearline, 82,

Sleep, 83,

Numb Gallop, 84,

In Any Case, 85,

A Plausible Miracle, 86,

Slumber Party, 87,

Who Let You Go?, 88,

Old Home, 89,

People Gift, 90,

A Year, 91,

Wing Wing

d followed by a soothing n. Wednesday,

so serious and stout, yet elegant and refined.

Wednesday is transparent, yet bold and playfully midweek.

Wednesday, is also known as, "hump day."

Wednesday is the name of a woman whose

parents know the playful solidity of the day,

and how delightful those qualities are in a woman's

name or character. Wednesday is the link

between early week and midweek. Wednesday

is not a holiday, but more of a working

day. Wednesday is a point in the middle of the week

when sleeves are rolled up and unfinished work from early

in the week with days that have dreaded names like,

"Monday" or "Tuesday" are finished up.

Wednesday nudges us to conclusions,

and leads us to tempered resolutions.

It is a day of mild atonement, a day of gentle reconciliation

between early and late week.

It is a day that unfolds gracefully,

a day we are usually glad to see.

So stalwart and sweet, Wednesday is reality

tempered with perfection.

Oh, Wednesday, thank you for getting here.

(Continues...)

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Excerpt from 'Splash State'

Splash State

The Song Cave

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