Keeping Busy

Fly swatter in hand

I am soon to be on the hunt

I can’t repaint the living room today or

Fix the air conditioner or

Repave the driveway

Or even scrub the kitchen floor

OK maybe I could scrub the floor

But it is one hundred degrees out today and

Did I mention that the air conditioner is broken

I’m not broken though

Not yet and

The kids are asleep or

At least resting and

I can’t just sit and

Do nothing

Thus I sit her

Fly swatter in hand

Ready to rid the house of the half dozen or so flies that have found their way in

At least as soon as I get done writing this poem

Standing

Stooping

Here in front of my computer