taking care of my soul
have to screw it down
tightly lately
being often lighter than air
it tends to float
it gets stuck somewhere
maybe in tree limbs
or under a parked car on a rainy day
then again it often feels
like a 100 pounds of suet
a drag to carry around
so daily i screw it if its floats
or lift it up on a hoist
to drain off all the kind of bull crap
any soul can pick up
when it rolls around in the mud
like a flop-eared hound dog
i tell it that it is most certainly real
however
unfortunately
i am not
being only a deranged
figment of its imagination
and that i am sorry
about all the
screwing
lifting
draining and dragging
then it rests for a while
with a smile on my face
Copyright © Eric Ashford | Year Posted 2024
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