Line Gauthier Poet Monorhyme

Graze In Daze

Short weekends and long weekdays
School’s out then it’s onto résumés and workdays
Mondays dragging on through to Fridays
Long commutes on highways, subways and tramways
Toiling for okays, some praise and hopefully a raise

Soirees and negligees for Saturdays
Aspiring to bouquets so enchanting in a vase
Before you know it’s on for matinees on Sundays
Enjoying soufflés, sorbets, sundaes and parfaits       
Eyeing the calendar for paydays
As well as birthdays, holidays and getaways

But nowadays, as retirees, we have our days
And often we just graze in haze almost a daze   
Where Tuesdays look no different than Thursdays
To paraphrase it’s our final phase when interplays
In many ways the sweet nostalgia of yesterdays



AP: 3rd place 2020

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Tom Cunningham March 14, 2018 at 5:01 AM Im retired now and too be honest do not know where I found the time to go to work , I do miss the people but not the work as it was pressure ,pressure ,pressure, Great verse Line. Tom Line Gauthier March 14, 2018 at 9:50 AM I know exactly what you mean, Tom. Thanks for your delightful visit and comment.

Caren Krutsinger March 13, 2018 at 10:09 PM Your alliteration is delightful in this: souffles, sorbets, sundaes and parfaits. This is the first time I pictured you as a retiree; for some reason I have always thought of you as age 28. No idea why. I really like the wordplay in this. It sounds like you were having a lot of fun here. Line Gauthier March 14, 2018 at 9:52 AM Forever 28 I'll take it! Thanks for that lovely visit and comment. Don't change your vision of me, I like it.

Paulina Wodarz March 13, 2018 at 7:02 PM Great description Line! So truthful and real. Sometimes all the days of the week are the same to me except Friday,when I finally get to relax. Line Gauthier March 13, 2018 at 7:18 PM Thank you so much for your charming visit and comment, Paulina. Much appreciated.