Right toes

My right toes are making progress, not much, but some. Coffee still smells good in the morning, but I have no desire to drink it. 

My right toes

Have begun to function

Together.

One month in the hospital

Means that coffee

No longer appeals

Not even Starbucks.

And

It is entirely possible

My life

Is reconfigured in ways

I had not planned.

Organization

Getting used to a more permanent organization.

I am now organized

In a different way.

This way requires others

To take me places

Or tells me

That thing

Is not so important.

In between,

Even sometimes,

All the time,

I pray.

Monday and Fridays

I stay local.

No

I can’t see you then

Unless it’s for coffee

At the local Starbucks.

Someone new

I will walk to Starbucks soon to meet a friend of a friend who recently moved to the area. An adventure.

Off to meet someone new

At Starbucks

A friend of a friend

Who thought we might

Be friends.

An adventure.

I will arrive and scan faces

For someone

My age,

Order the standard

Venti non-fat latte

And a blueberry muffin.

And then

We will settle in.