Short Checkbooks Poems

we baking cookies
cooking meals for the week
the shoppings done
while you grill I'll do the checkbooks
who fed the dogs
who left the milk out
Sundays a blur of chores and activity
laundry and sorting
planning the week
throw a holiday in there
travel stress and the desire for solitude
not even 100 cups of tea
can soothe this away!...

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we baking cookies
cooking meals for the week
the shoppings done
while you grill I'll do the checkbooks
who fed the dogs
who left the milk out
Sundays a blur of chores and activity
laundry and sorting
planning the week
throw a holiday in there
travel stress and the desire for solitude
not even 100 cups of tea
can soothe this away!...

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I live in a family
who can't keep an umbrella
a flashlight
flour
superglue
post its
ink cartridges
ice cubes
ice cream cones

who can't find
checkbooks
gift cards
phone cords
appt reminders

who never has
extra cash
maps
penny rolls 
the doctors number
the date of surgery
a camera

so we're always
wet 
hungry
cold
late 
early
lost
behind
thirsty...

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Tax time again, again, again
Anxious crunching of the days
Xenogenous shaking of the brain
Empty checkbooks, delays
Severing theory from truth.

Income diminished by rising cost
Severe dislocation of expectations

Undistributed wealth, profits unshared
National bills unpaid by the very rich
Justice forgotten in broken schools
Undeveloped communities, and roads
Statistics say wars get the lion's share
The tenor of egos, and representation wares....

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