2000/tricks

The day is a lot more possible
when the kitchen is clean.
I make his lunch,
though I’m tired of it.
I tried to quit,
but found instead
it’s true you can’t teach
an old dog new tricks.
It was even more work
than making lunch.
My life has more quiet this way.
Locked into its indifferent straits,
a gnarled and twisted
kind of peace.

3/22/00