Feeling Good

FEELING GOOD The moment is charged Out of God’s blue heaven I’m feeling fine I haven’t checked the weather, But it must be cloudless and bright There is a chattering alive from somewhere out there The wild creatures must feel it too, This urge to shout nonsense, To throw hands in the air, This gathering of all heaviness And with a meaningful pat, expand! Stupid me To sit and rationalize Instead of striding forth (what is it about this particular morning?) (has some sudden cure been miraculously realized?) And I sit And I sit, Not daring to glance outside Alas the cat wants out, Insisting with such energy That all my own drains away And I shout, “DAMN CAT!” Dave Austin