I needed this poem today. Perhaps you do, too.
‘if i decided to stop being a poet
what would i do instead?’ i asked
(my husband) the other night
the other night when it was late
it was too late to start cooking dinner
& the cattle dog who lives for order
requires order & feels its lack
like her hackles feel static she was pacing
between us resorting to vocal admonishments
to higher-than-usual-pitched chortling cajoling
someone to get with the program the other night
after gymnastics & martial arts & driving
driving in gridlock on multiple highways
after the shopping wasn’t done
after & we were too hungry to cook dinner
after hunger became the side dish of the night
after my husband had worked all day
& beer number three hadn’t staved off his hunger
& hunger was a side dish…
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O at the Edges 
Oh dear – sounds a bit like me. Love this
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A tonic to this day!
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Like a poet who can’t do anything instead…
What a saving grace to be reminded that there’s no other/better thing I should be trying to do or be, even though the words “were never cut out for this hunt.”
Thank you, sweet friend.
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There is no better thing!
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A friend of mine said the worst job he had was peeling sprouts at some big hotel over Christmas for a little extra cash. He went to the toilet & noticed another room where they had to peel onions. His job wasn’t so bad after all.
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My worst job ever was an editing job. Blechhhh! And I say this as one who has had jobs like scraping barnacles from boat hulls and working on a road gang.
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ctrl + alt + delete — If only it were that easy. I know turning off the TV didn’t work.
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I never turned on the tv, and that still didn’t work.
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I did need that today and if it’s any consolation I didn’t turn the tv on either. You’re right, it didn’t work.
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But today is a new day, and we go on into this more uncertain world.
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Right.
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