
Today was a no-show
I nearly made a phone call
There was a bus I wasn’t on
Out in the yard my peonies died
I should have thought more
about them
There was a meeting I wasn’t at
And would have ignored if I hadn’t been
Dreaming about Flag day 1966
I missed a package delivery – Memory Pills
My neighbor cursed his pick-up truck
(Openly )– wouldn’t start
He might have been nicer, even carburetors have feelings
But you wouldn’t know that because you bailed
on lunch
Now I’m standing, waiting to meet you
(Whoever you are) – maybe I should just blow it off
Go home. Decipher the house keys and
mutter, worship
An unopened box of Jello and my untuned Cello
Left rotting
in the warm freezer
I keep forgetting to defrost