is it gives you a whole lot of
unavoidable time to
think.
Not even pulling weeds can
take away your ability to
plot
all the varied and wonderful
things you might do to
get even,
or at least to make up
just a smidgen
for time lost
to TV and yard work
and house cleaning.
Time better spent
camping with old friends
(even slightly annoying ones),
partying
with great-looking new friends,
and expending a few brain cells
with the monster.
She Cut Me Loose
Two weeks before
Back-to-School,
gave me her credit
Didn’t matter much.
card and a ride to
Summer had dissolved.
the mall, her way of
New clothes and a few