Christmas fast approaches, and like many of you, I’m hurrying to get ready. With family visiting, I’m grateful for my friend Dave who supplied the following Poem of the Week. Merry Christmas to you all!
| PTO Sunny weekend extra large Calm and coddling beach location Not in tow and not in charge Bobbing afloat in mute vacation Saunter feet on gentle sand Self and situation blending Scavenged shells and stones in hand Held inertly non-impending Cranium on naughtopilot No electrical resistance Intentionality is twilit Pondering horizon’s distance But: Relaxation incomplete Nagging temporal deceit Zen philosophy defeated I’m too aware I have been cheated Hard I worked for these hours of slack And then the government takes one back Embezzlement of personal time A blatant sixty-minute crime A gap in the day is a hole in the beach Housing a lurking enjoyment leech The sand is cut with shards of glass The sun has a slightly grayish cast The air is tinged with the taste of soot The wading bird is missing a foot The clocks again are misbehaving Someone somewhere is point shaving I contemplate the ocean waving The tide, after all, does not have daylight saving |
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