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Feeling Lazy

by Yang Wan-Li

Yang Wanli

My sleepy eyes fog over…long lazy day.
I put down my book of poetry
and take a walk around the house.
The cats are playing happily in the courtyard;
when they see me coming they scatter
like frightened deer.




Quotes of the Day

I was born in very sorry circumstances. Both of my parents were very sorry.
• Norman Wisdom


Poems of the Day
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