is a lesson
my son still doesn't
want to learn
However,
his mom's feet are quicker
than crickets
flicking off
a floor
on fire!
When the right song
is playing.
life is too good
for slow steps
Help me put the food away
Give the pasta box a good rattle,
the Windex needs constant
stirring!
Life isn't waiting
or watching
when we laugh
over spilled Ragu
The Eastern Towhee
finds me mildly amusing,
staring at me with one eye
from the almost empty feeder
These counter tops
are not marble,
some stains don't come out,
and the paint chips when I scratch it
Thank God I care about other things,
and I don't need an audience
to be happy
It can't get better
than dancing
in the kitchen
I don’t want to go to the store.
Picking up my coat.
Which makes the air feel worse.
Outside,
Is where they go.
I entered the store.
Hiding in the bathroom.
It’s as if no one will find me there.
Hahaha!
I like the flickering lights.
The startling sound of the hand dryer.
Wakes me up.
The hand dryer shuts off.
I breathe out.
They hate me.
She sent me to the store.
To get.
Bread. Toothpaste. Olive Oil.
I wrote all that down.
I’m lost.
Aisle 1, 2, 3, 4…
Racing by me.
What if I got in a car accident?
And the groceries would fly throughout the car.
Aisle 5,6,7,8…
I want to go home, I don’t want to be late.
I also…
Don’t want anything ever again.
Need to get bagels too, I think.
1,2,3,4,
I promised to take an hour then be out the door.
I don’t want to go to the store.
You already went, honey.
I don’t know.
You sent him out for groceries.
He's been gone for centuries.
Perhaps you should have held your tongue.
Now, he is forever gone.
Where he rests now, I can't tell -
could be he's fallen in a well.
Where he lies, you'll never know.
The answer ain't in the wind that blows.
You may as well, say your farewell,
because there is no one who can foretell -
no seers, wise men, or sages.
He'll be lying there for ages.
empty shelves long lines
grocery stores are bustling
people in the way
And...
I need 24 quarts of 2% milk;
Okay, "6 gallons of milk!"
No, sir, I want 24 quarts, it stays fresher that way!
But lady we only have that in Silk.
Then I want twenty four plastic containers,
Will you pick them up all in blue;
And then divide up those six gallons,
Just like I want you to do.
Well, I must ask my supervisor,
For I am very confused,
We don't usually offer that service,
I must ask and get back to you.
[I can put quarts up in my freezer;
Those big gallons just don't fit.
Then I can feed my kittens one at a time;
It just takes a little bit.
How many kittens do I have?
I thought you would never ask.
I have 48 on my property;
I'm known of the lady of cats.
You brought a hundred dollars worth of groceries to my sales counter but you only have twenty bucks.
You knew you were bringing much more than twenty dollars worth of groceries to my counter, you suck.
People always bring too many groceries to my counter and can't pay for them.
Somehow, they believe that twenty dollars will cover it and that is very dim.
You brought a hundred bucks of groceries to my counter and I'll have to put them back.
I'm so angry that I'm giving you the finger and I don't care if my boss gives me the sack.
It's people like you who make my job more difficult and it's something that I don't appreciate.
I'm going to quit and get a job somewhere where people won't be near as likely to aggravate.
fescue undulates across the pasture
a big yard sale sign pivots
back and forth; greetings, spend!!
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