260/365 - Quiet Quitting

 

I've been invited

to a meeting again

One that I don't

actually

have to be in

So here I am

scrolling on my phone

Wait

Did someone say my name?

Shit!

I forgot to turn off

my microphone

and that TikTok video

was really loud

Oh well

At least I'm not alone

I see at least three other people

not looking at their screen

So why again

are we all meeting?

259/365 - Exciting

 

The noise

is what gives him away

A-ruff and A-roo

and grunts and growls too

Quietly though

he's trying to be sneaky

The dogs in the bedroom

and he's getting freaky

with the clean sheets

I left on the bed

They're irresistible

to stinky pup Fred 

258/365 - Write Out

 

It helps, you know

to let the words flow

and sometimes

I forget

and sometimes

I feel stuck

and sometimes

I feel like

I have to get caught up

and now

it's been since September

- whatever -

and I'm trying

to recall

what's happened between

now and then

as if the world will end

if continuity is broken

but really, I just need

to clear my mind

and put my pen

to paper

and begin again

257/365 - Hybrid Workweek

 

Work from home!

It's great they say

less time to toil

more time to play

But they failed to mention

it's not all fun

because now I've got

two jobs

instead of one

These spreadsheets

might be due at three

but my messy house

is side-eyeing me

Because once this Zoom

call is finished

I've got to tackle

that pile of dishes

And I think I just heard

the dryer buzzer ring

nope, that was outlook

I've got another meeting

256/365 - Gulf

 

There is a considerable chasm

between who I am

and who I think

I want to be

and it's filled

with hurricanes

and tidal waves

and whirlpools

and alligators

But isn't that true

of everybody?

There is a giant gulf

between that perfection

of body

of home

of life

and too much time

spent on my phone

(I know, I know,

I'm not alone)

But if you happen

to stumble upon

a vessel so sound

it won't run aground

on procrastination island

Then please keep free

a birth for me

and I'll be ready to go

just as soon

as I finish

this Netflix show

(Have you seen it

by the way?

I've been binging

it

all day)

255/365 - Pageantry

 

Its that time of year

again

Roll it out

let's begin

Open the gates

(and the plastic

storage bins)

and let the surge

of the holidays flood in

because as the 

darkness

threatens more of

each day

ONLY lights

ONLY decorations

can keep it at bay

254/365 - Working in Pajamas

 

The pearlescent morning light

whispers to the night

Go away!

Let's start the day!

But just like

the small dark hours

I'm not quite ready 

to acquiesce

to the sun's

creeping power

to come and join the fray

So I make sure

my blind's closed tight

and

(still in my jammies)

(still in my bed)

I work only by 

the computer's light

why go out

when I can stay here

instead