A Poem a Day for November - Day 9: Ramblings About Wandering

Ramblings About Wandering

A hockey game is playing

itself out on my television set.

I’m laying on the couch

phone in hand,

sipping on a beer.

I try to concentrate on the game

but every few seconds my eyes flicker

down to my phone:

check e-mail,

send a text,

check Facebook and Twitter.

After about the 8^th repetition

I mute the television

and turn on music.

I go from Rise Against

to Bob Dylan

to Charlie Parker

to The Casualties.

I give in to myself,

just let whatever play on

while I wander aimlessly around my house

being sure to stop in each room,

eating up time.

Back to the couch,

stopping to grab my notebook,

and I try to sit still long enough

to write about not being able to sit still.

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