Like always

Routines

When I awaken
I don't want to write
Who would want to read it?
I don't have anything
To say
Then there is blue sky
Snow left
On the bushes
The lady in red
She feeds the ducks
Like always
Who am I
Not to write?
She feeds the ducks
Like always
We both have our
Routines
So I write
Like always.

Jazz and piranhas

I never thought of keeping a fish tank with piranhas.

The driver today
Listens to jazz
Keeps piranhas
At home
He started with five fish
Now there are only two.
He says
I don't know
What happened
To the other three.
I looked for them
On the floor
They are gone.
The other two
Hang out together
Wait for their next
Goldfish meal.
Did you know
They have red bellies?
He asked
They are beautiful fish.

Backseat

More backseat stories

What a pleasure
He said
To have you
In the backseat.
He told me
About his wife
A nurse
Driving adventure stories.
What a pleasure
To listen
To him.

The world gives me rides

There are always things to learn from the back seat.

The world
Gives me rides
Tells me things
I never knew
Before.
Pakistan
Nigeria
Over the road
Truck drivers
She used to bring
Her dog
With her
All over the country.
Now she gets me
I get her.
The world
Gives me rides
Tells me things
I never knew.

Vote

These are the times that try our souls.

Everyone watches
Here and there.
We stand in line
Wonder
What may happen
Tomorrow.
Predictions fly
Heads
Are buried
Ears
Are plugged
La
La
La

Balancing

I watch gymnastics and wonder how I ever made it from one end of the balance beam to the other. Heck, I wonder how I ever got on the thing at all.

I remember the balance beam
Sometimes
My feet
Kept me upright.
I made it
To the end.
Jumped off.
Gymnastics
Was never
A strength.
Now I look
At that balance beam
I am amazed
Anyone
Balances
At all.

Legos

Legos come in kits with directions. I suppose those directions might be a good starting place, but never a place to end.

Throw the directions
Away
Make your own creation
Red and green.
Blue and yellow.
Throw the directions
Away
Place a Lego person
On top
Of your creation
Name him
Name her
Max or Maude
Throw the directions
Away
Most of all
Throw the directions
Away.