Kit Kelen #250 - this is an order

250

this is an order

easy does it

do the thing

that makes you feel

that you're getting there

getting where you want to be

(you can work that one out

along the way)

just take things

a step at a time

listen

look about

and steady on

everything is still to do

but don't get dizzy

with it

first thing

howsabout stretch for an hour?

or ride the boundaries?

check things out

the day is lapping at your feet

just dip in one toe to test

then decide to wade or swim

you could just loll about

there's an order in which to take things

there's a tempo that's right for the day

cup of tea?

elevenses!

how'd-we-get-here-already?

the news breaks

and yes you'd be a fool not to know

but how much do you need of it?

on the other channel

the cello concerto

the one you've not heard before

and under that the heart

your own

you hear it when the music stops

and then you see the birds

the tree they've gathered

to the sky

you just have to look up

and there's other news

the senses give

and in the blood

that beats the brow

in cloud and rain come down

these all demand attention

aren't they just the truths of day?

then this calls for siesta!

so much honey stored away

how much of the stuff can you handle?

the poems on the shelves

all those paperbacks

turning to dust

but slowly slowly

like that snail

still climbing Mt Fuji

you can catch up

they make my day

and better than any that was before

there wasn't an emperor – China or Rome

with the benefit of Walt Whitman

or Dickinson

Grieg, Picasso

none of those kings saw The Wizard of Oz

it is true that you'll miss a lot in the future

but namedropping gets you nowhere

you have the pleasure to inhabit this moment

lifetimes could be lived in it

so many stories still on the shelf!

so many yet to be written!

sun's well past the yardarm now

so snifter is foretold

it's like that in a song

sets the tempo you can work to

walk to

here's a brush

or just sharp stick in the dust

so there is a shape to things

you make your own

picture today

could be a plan

tomorrow's plan's

a picture

distraction

yes there's always that

just when the phone's stopped ringing

they've invented these new ways to knock on your door

you wouldn't have thought

there were so many tracks

into your simple head

somebody wants to talk to you

just think if the conversation's worthwhile

the terrors of elsewhere

are certainly telling

what can you do?

there's something for sure

placard, donation

tell a friend

letter to the editor?

you can't do it all at once though

anyway not today

make a list

then you can cross something off

do the thing

makes you feel

that you're getting there

sit in a chair and read your ten pages

then you'll have done that

have a ponder

otherwise what was the point of the pages?

when you find yourself making a list of the lists

well maybe you've gone too far

it's not enough to say there's no hurry

lunch should have happened by now

wot-the-hell, call it dinner

tipple with it

this world is a whizz

how did it get to go faster and faster?

better smoke something to slow things down

or maybe there's a pill

a wonder anyone can sleep sometimes

so much going on

and in the scone

they keep finding more pathways each day

and the brain we thought was simply dying

turns out it expands as well

o m g! where will it end?

those hairs growing on the palm of your hand

that could be the new normal

get used to it!

get giddy with

you go to the doctor

and the doctor says

dizzy? you'd better sit down

was that worth the queue?

well, sometimes an interesting chat

while you wait

remember you're a doctor too

that's why I'm telling you

just take things a step at a time

listen

look about

steady on

don't get het

that's probably

about enough

for one day

now night lies curled up like a cat

and probably needs stroking so

the poem's too long

but we'll edit later

only so much

you do in a day

and they always get away

just about time for significant snooze

there's waiting-for-you other worlds

you just have to just have dream them up

just when you were feeling lazy

you see that you're really a workaholic!

please don't feel put upon by this 'you'

there's no need to take it personally

I'm just talking to myself again