Reasons I left the manual behind

Some accomplishments come with an aftermath.  My creative reasoning is still at work... on a caffeine high.

This was the last day

Of Domestic Violence training.

I left the big green manual

On the table

At the shelter.

I see it in my mind*s eye:

Big and green

Filled with notes.

On the table.

I was giddy

With final day accomplishment.

Perhaps it was the diet coke at lunch,

Maybe the massive

Double espresso

Chocolate chip cookie I consumed

As I listened

To what I should and shouldn*t do

As a volunteer,

Ethics guidelines

On a caffeine high

Following a Mexican lunch.

Dangerous combinations.

It is still Lent

I remain the mistress

Of creative reasoning.