  I rule! I wanted so much to stay here tonight. I was getting major anxiety having to go back out to a class tonight, knowing that going meant getting up in front of the class again. But I did it anyway. I showed up, I helped my prof with the audio/visual confusion she was going through and yes, I stood up in front of the whole class and facilitated a discussion on a GAY poem!!
Of course, there wasnt much time to get into it and there were some giggles to accompany the line about poking at the meats and eying the grocery boys. But damn it, I stood up and did it. I even got a singled-out thank you from my prof at the end of the class. When I said Id be reading Howl except that its so long, this girl Lisa nearly fell out of her chair with excitement. So I offered to give her the CD with both that poem and the one I presented on. Made her day she gave a breathy, Really?!
Ive been looking for a copy of that for eight years!! ta-da! I rule, I tell you. So I walked out of class tonight, cheeks swollen under flaring moon. The adrenaline of the day should have me tuckered out, but Im too wound up to slow down now. I feel like writing some more poetry for fun, so as a reward for being a good kitty, Im gonna. 
