closed for business
how’s your tendinitis
do you remember when you had
to stop mousing
& start fiddling around
in the garden
the heel of your right foot
remains sore from the shovel
but you don’t remember
feeling a thing
after so many beers
in the evening
as you sit on the front patio
looking at birds
through opera glasses
your phone rings & rings
may two thousand twenty-four
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I so like, “looking at birds through opera glasses.” Looking at birds clarifies everything.
I’m glad that you do, Cindy, thank you.