{"id":4222,"date":"2011-05-26T11:43:45","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T15:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/specialcollections\/?p=3806"},"modified":"2017-07-11T11:00:28","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T15:00:28","slug":"baldspot-tcluster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/baldspot-tcluster\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bald Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Listen to Wes McNair Reading the Poem<\/strong>\t<audio id=\"wp_mep_1\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2012\/12\/baldspot-audio.mp3\"     controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\"  >\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/audio>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\njQuery(document).ready(function($) {\r\n\t$('#wp_mep_1').mediaelementplayer({\r\n\t\tm:1\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t,features: ['playpause','current','progress','duration','volume','tracks','fullscreen']\r\n\t\t,audioWidth:400,audioHeight:30\r\n\t});\r\n});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<\/td>\n<td><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h4><em>The Bald Spot<\/em><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Initial Exploration<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">It nods<br \/>\nbehind me<br \/>\nas I speak<br \/>\nat the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>All night<br \/>\nwhile I sleep<br \/>\nit stares<br \/>\ninto the dark.<\/p>\n<p>The bald spot<br \/>\nis bored.<br \/>\nTired of waiting<br \/>\nin the office,<\/p>\n<p>sick of following me<br \/>\ninto sex.<br \/>\nIt traces<br \/>\nand retraces<\/p>\n<p>itself,<br \/>\ndreaming<br \/>\nthe shape<br \/>\nof worlds<\/p>\n<p>beyond its world.<br \/>\nFar away<br \/>\nit hears the laughter<br \/>\nof my colleagues,<\/p>\n<p>the swift sure<br \/>\nsound of my voice.<br \/>\nThe bald spot<br \/>\nsays nothing.<\/p>\n<p>It peers<br \/>\nout from hair<br \/>\nlike the face<br \/>\nof a doomed man<\/p>\n<p>going blanker<br \/>\nand blanker,<br \/>\nwalking backwards<br \/>\ninto my life.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Notebook Page 1<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/baldspot-nbp-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12135\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/baldspot-nbp-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/baldspot-nbp-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/baldspot-nbp-1-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/baldspot-nbp-1-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Transcript 1<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/baldspot-ovrly1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12156\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/baldspot-ovrly1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/baldspot-ovrly1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/baldspot-ovrly1-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/baldspot-ovrly1-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Transitions and Structure<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Notebook Page 2<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/baldspot-nbp-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12136\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/baldspot-nbp-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/baldspot-nbp-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/baldspot-nbp-2-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/baldspot-nbp-2-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Transcript 2<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/baldspot-ovrly2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12157\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/baldspot-ovrly2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/baldspot-ovrly2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/baldspot-ovrly2-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/baldspot-ovrly2-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Endings and Line Breaks<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border: 1px solid #000000;\"><strong>Notebook Page 3<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/baldspot-nbp-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12137\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/baldspot-nbp-3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/baldspot-nbp-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/baldspot-nbp-3-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/baldspot-nbp-3-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border: 1px solid #000000;\"><strong>Transcript 3<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/baldspot-ovrly3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12158\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/baldspot-ovrly3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/baldspot-ovrly3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/baldspot-ovrly3-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/02\/baldspot-ovrly3-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"3\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-4222\" data-postid=\"4222\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4222 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Image and audio 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