plunge

periodically, life backs up
and you have to work
to make your way through
the clogged pipes

sometimes when I'm moving
really slowly
I start to wonder
if I am what
is plugging me up

we want to blame it
on other people
or things that point
safely in a direction
far removed from ourselves

instead of getting out
a plunger
and breaking free
to set ourselves
back in motion

and while we hesitate
we feel life swelling
around us
lodging us in to stagnation
further discouraging our movement

today while home sick
watching bad daytime tv
I got sucked in by QVC
and bought myself a hand held
air compressed plunger

for only twenty-eight dollars
and ninety-nine cents
and I smiled while placing the order
a small price to pay
to get through this shit