POEM: What I Want

What I Want

“Someone to take care of you?
That’s what you want?”

“Yes, and I don’t want

[waves hand at everything]

to do this anymore.”

[presses play on BBC version of
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy]

“I looked up a Trappist monastery
this morning and their age cut-off is 50,
so the clock is ticking.”

[sips sencha]

“So it’s either a caretaker or
a religious order?”

“That’s what I’ve narrowed it down to,
yes.”

[gently sways in rocking chair]

[nods off]

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17 April 2023
Charlottesville VA