after work (poetry)

emails probably
best left
unanswered
answered
anyway
before
a pb&j
in the
breakroom
luncheonette

making mtns
out
of
mole
hills -
indeed.

in deed,
i was there
and am sincere-
ly trying -
lay or lie -

the older lady
from the jobfair
coming back to
mind in this
after work
moment of
wind-down -
she said she
misses the old
newspaper she knew
but understood why it
was so generic anymore -
and in her eyes i saw that
she did see and it absolutely
made my day to talk to her (a
retired english teacher not a-
fraid to let the editor know
of lay or lie mistakes -

mistakes aplenty but are
they any more or any less
than those made by the rest?

the boat is roacking of its
own accord - i have nothing
to do with it. grin,
again with a snap
in my step and
a smile on my
face - the
race con-
tinues poss-
i-
bly
other potential
avenues - the day
dream of an after work
kind of poet with after work
kind of poetry -
kind of journal -
kind of therapy -
kind of silly...

anais nin
would defi
nitely have
a blog today
if she were
still around
in other than
printed words
alone. a lone
journal-
ist she
is a good
read - feed -