to do list

To do; recall lost days

(the faded memories of

lazy summer sundays)

pay last months gas bill

return Janie's books

donation to goodwill

(the things you know you

never use, but can't ignore)

sew Rose a blue blanket,

or maybe green

call the invisible local

(to see if he's coming home

sober)

the car parked on the lawn yesterday

the window in pieces, alas, broken

the bottles in the rhododendrons

To do; remember, don't tread on the

rhododendrons

get the oil changed

clean the dirt tinted windows

dig up the weeds in the lawn

(but the yellow ones seem

so happy)

why does no one ask?

we are solo embers

come see! we exist here

To do; water the backyard plants

pick up the mail

watch the time

(yeah, there's not much left)

park the car on the drive

answer the ringing phone

keep existing here

(like one highway moves

on to the next)