To clarify that last post: I'm sure CM is a great poet in Polish, but you don't know that from what you're getting in English. You have to take it on faith.

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Three misfortunes of varying degree of annoyance yesterday:

car radio and tape deck stopped working

allergy attack of great severity made me take benadryl, after which I slept for 12 hours; I am still groggy

meanwhile, a plumbing disaster: a line under the basement is broken, soaking a section of carpet in my home office. We cannot use kitchen sink or dishwasher until this is fixed

Classes start on Thursday in Kansas.