Wake up and rise for the day.
Yet the motions are slow and full of confusion.
Coffee is the usual pick me up.
Not working today.
Scroll through the news feeds.
Nothing to perk me up.
Maybe it should be back to bed?
Too bad I promised to drive someone.
Hopefully the fog has cleared by then.
The system is built
not to help
but to keep those who are on the edges
to stay there.
Always out of reach
of achieving
the normal society’s level.
Who else wants the poor
to stay poor?
Every step forward
is just ahead of the three steps back.
Socks.
Sweaters.
Mitts.
Scarves.
Hats.
Blankets.
Pants?
Boots?
Feelings!
Warm and Fuzzy
can be a state of mind.
Space Trekking – ISS Vanguard.
F#$@ you Squidword! – Arkham Horror Card game.
Cows! – Great Western Trail.
Sppppaaacce – High Frontier 4 All.
Apples – Newton.
Sometimes I think I play too many board games.
Nahhhh.
Time to go break out Quilts Cats – Calico.
When the man who represents all things horrible in this world
Is the leader of the enemy army in your dream and all you can do
is watch him order his army to tantalize a new country
into joining him
You really want to summon those monsters that can destroy him.
Even if they will attack you too.
Evil begets evil.
Warm sweater.
Fuzzy socks.
Mug of hot chocolate.
Good book to curl up with.
After as the treat for doing all the boring errands out in the cold.
Double the batch
Lasts longer, right?
Wrong!
Second day and already almost gone.
Screaming at the TV.
Yelling at the kids for supper.
Loud music for impromptu dance parties.
Running the dishwasher at 6am.
Laundry being done after 11pm.
Who else is at fault for these unseemly thin walls?
The couch.
My computer chair.
The carpeted stairs.
My mattress.
But not the actual post standing in the living room.
The goal that won the game.
The athlete’s injury.
The pride of the home town.
The excited whispers of the secrets found.
But only if you played the video game long enough.
The boasting that nobody likes a sore loser.
Yet, we still compete and play these games.
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