It is Lent. What are you counting these days? And why?
I have been carefully counting hours
For almost three years now.
Surely you must be done by now
They say
Aren*t you at least close?
They ask.
When I arrive
At the magic number,
Take and pass the exam
For the final letters
After my name
I know I will be no more successful
Than right now.
Then
I will be eligible
To apply for jobs
I may not want anyway.
I had a client
His assignment was to say No
To two people.
He returned the next week having said No
Three times.
His smile went
From ear to ear.
He went over the count.
I felt like the cheerleader
I never was
In high school
Pom poms in the air.
Three times? Really?
Now that really counts.
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