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Me a Mess? Unclean and unbuckled, Unfastened, untied, Unfit to be seen, I'm undignified. Unfolded, unbuttoned, Unbecoming, no less. Unfortunately I'm Unaware I'm a mess. Copyright © 2001 Babs Bell HajdusiewiczMy kids are grown and on their own. The dresser’s deep drawer conceals while its mirror reveals. And “Me a Mess?” along with its birth story tease many a giggle out of listeners, young and not-so-young. Like others, this poem and its story live on to answer questions from kids and wondering adults. Questions about how it all happens. How a poem or book or song takes shape. Where ideas come from. When and where and how ideas go from thoughts to print. I will leave my personal “why” of writing for another day. Why’s that, you ask? Well, cause there’s a story in that.
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