an etheree and a pendant

poetree Challenge #7: Pick a thing or two that sums up how you're doing today, this week, in general, and write about it in etheree format (see the link for details on the form).

Pain
simmers
underneath
the must-be-dones
but I've finally
learned something about space --
about true mathematics
and necessary selfishness.
The pain will be answered soon enough;
I've done enough today to go to bed.

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Earlier this month, I received a pendant as my reward for the start of a poem, prompt and prize both created by stillnotbored. (click on the images to enlarge)





(Coincidentally, Flickr decided to greet me in Mandarin this time. The pendant features the Yangtze River.)

This month's contest (open to anyone except her partner and previous winners, natch) is here.