Flow of wrapped text

I am playing around with flowing text around an irregular object (an image). The text is one text box, situated so it runs on both side of the object. Currently it runs as one column, interrupted as necessary by the blocking object. I would like the text to appear like one (irregularly shaped) column on the left side of the object, continuing from the top on the right side, like a second column. I can't seem to find an easy way to do this.
I am using CS5.
Thanks for any advice, YM.

Here's a sketch of what I am trying to work around. Each line of the text here goes from left to right, skips over the blue circle, and continues to the right edge of the text box. It is hard to follow the text across such a large object. I would like the text to go down the left side of the circle and continue on the right side from the top. And I would like everything to rewrap automatically if I move the objects, etc.
Setting the text in two columns would not work if the interrupting object is irregular in shape, as is the actual case I am working with
Is this at all possible? Because it sure would be useful.
YM

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For your second suggestion. I am not clear about why I would need to break the threads of each spread so that each spread is a seperate article. Is the threading issue the thing that is causing my text to move on leaving their associated graphics behind? If so how do I go about doing this?
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2. Can't get text to wrap around the Custom anchored graphic at bottom of page at all
3. Im not clear on the breaking the threading on the spreads
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I can't thank you both enough for your time, suggestions, expertise and patience.
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