Friday, June 3, 2011

Important and Unread... all other

Through a still fuzzy morning brain, I ponder the way we make choices: to read or not to read, to listen or not to listen, to pray or not to pray.  So many are made for us.  Morning fuzzy brain is just fine with that.  Just Fine.  Of course choices made for us are more often than not still our choices.  Because Someone or Some Thing Else has chosen to file them into All Other does not mean they should remain there.

The email separates incoming mail
Into Important and Unread
And
All Other.
The italics are not there
But I can see them clearly.
Someone else decided the categories.
It seems I can change them
At will.
This morning it seems fine
To leave well enough
Alone,
Particularly fine when Important and Unread
Offers only a small assortment
And I am tired,
Will soon be driven
To Ohio
To offer words
Important and Unread
I hope and pray
To 28 assorted women.
28 women who can change the categories
At will
Just like me.
28 women who can choose to listen
To walk the grounds
To eat and sleep
Hope for the best
Hope and pray for the worst
And everything in between.

Everything
Important and Unread
All Other.

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