If I were you

There's something about keeping a long-standing appointment, even when it has been cancelled, even when it has morphed into a cup of coffee in my favorite chair.

If I were you,

Which of course I’m not,

If I were you

These are the questions

I would ask me.

If I were you.

Instead

I sit in this hour

In the blue chair.

I do not sit

With you.

I ask my own questions,

Even have an answer or two.

I watch the birds

In the backyard.

The cat prowls

The living room.

Soon I leave to meet

With the client I told

I have a long-standing appointment

At 9 A.M.

Every Wednesday morning.

I will see him

At 11.