morning routine
the newspaper arrives long before
he descends the stairs
one slow step
at a time
he sits at the kitchen table
rifling to the sports section
locating a table with today’s date in bold
(which he circles with a felt pen)
below it a listing of all the games
including time & television channel
the table gets clipped
(including the header)
placed beside the remote
within arm’s reach from the recliner
all morning long he’ll study the list
making interesting comments
about the matchups
but more importantly
paying particular attention
to today’s date
january two thousand twenty-five
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