to day

i rode thirty miles
on an old silver schwinn

that i bought for ten bucks
at a yard sale.

if i told you
what for

you might fire me
right then

in the end
it was all

for a cigarette.

rest assured
it was worth it

even with the slow leak

and that hand-pump
from hell

amid three-digit weather

just to wither away

one more desiccant day

in the dolor
of flailing depression.

2 Replies to “to day”

  1. Sometimes, there’s, just that desperate need, to get away, from where we are, to take that needed three-minute “vacation”, so we can recharge ourselves, and get back to work again…

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