Hospitable (not)

At 8 in the morning I expect to see things the way I left them the night before.  Morning is not my most flexible time.  There are temptations at 8 in the morning, and the scripture Jesus quoted to Satan in the wilderness does not come readily to mind.  It is the Second Sunday in Lent.  I am getting ready to go to church.

I wake up early

To write.

There is an extra body

Asleep on the sofa

In the family room.

I walk down to get my laundry

From last night.

My laundry basket is filled

With my daughter*s clothes.

I am not at my most hospitable

At 8 in the morning,

Faced

With thwarted plans.

This house brings its own temptations

At 8 in the morning.

Scripture verses

Do not come readily

To mind.

At least this morning

There is cream

For my coffee.