Awake.
Sky opaque.
What is the meaning of it all?
No special plans to follow;
Nose stuffed, ache or two.
Sky thick, you hollow.
What to do?
Go out
Into that mystic spot,
A cryptic universe –
Converse as if there’s someone there,
Then leave the bed.
A little later bed’s still better.
Cup of coffee, cereal.
Radio – the world brought nearer,
Real’s realer.
Media in eye and ear –
(a TV’s also in the chamber).
Drained of energy and weak,
Fatigued, fagged out, concerned and sick.
One bug and she’s an underdog.
A categorical, outrageous drag!
The scalawag!*
* scalawag; a rascal
Sick 4.25.2015
Defiant Doggerel; A Sense Of The Ridiculous;
Arlene Corwin
