Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Things We Miss

Lawn mowers growling on Saturday mornings
Freshly cut grass and mid morning sweat
Mixing sweetly in the air
Too early
Sitting in traffic
Back and forth between gas and brake
Gas and brake
Staring off into the clouds
Looks like rain
Waiting for a pizza
Ordered forty five minutes ago
I couldn’t find your house

AC is broke
Turn on all the fans
Heat is broke
Light the fireplace
Ran out of cheese
Run to the store
Out of Nesquick
Run to the store
Soy sauce, filets, microwave dinners
Run to the store

There was a line at Starbucks
They messed up my order
Caramel instead of mocha
Guy cut me off
Guy took my spot
Missed the light
Missed the exit
Late for work

The intense heat of summer trapped inside a car for five hours
Skin sticks to the leather
Hard to breathe
Beads of sweat
Hands burn on the wheel
Muddy paws of a playful dog
Traipsing through the living room
I just vacuumed
Send him outside

Everything and nothing
Things we think of
Things we don’t.

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