TIMES OF OUR LIVES
No new emails,
paper read
and TV news on second round.
Consistent stupidly
nourishment for cynicism
and so predictably mediocre
Telephone rings up hope
alas PG&E robocall
again and again
Mail late again today
maybe I should go down the driveway
to see if the truck is down the block.
George will be over soon
we can drink Bloody Mary’s
and imagine what we will fix when we run this world.
No matter about mail as I all I will get
is an invitation for a vacation cruse
and a request for money from a worthy charity.
Yesterday the take was
from a crematorium
a targeted probe.
Maybe I will just skip lunch today
and have a bigger meal later
because it is naptime.
Hope the neighbor comes over to check
and have a glass of wine
as I brief her on my take of the news.
Two yogurts, a glass of juice,
and a power bar
and off to bed.
The Golden Years
are such riotous times
full of adventure
Doug Minnis
Jan 2015