birds on tv

you know
the day before
you
when the lace
snaps,
the coffee spills.
the train
is missed
and it's raining.
best go
back home
and go to bed.
but it could
be worse,
you could be
there all
day with no
where to be
or go, or see,
staring at
the ceiling
in your tattered
pajamas,
watching
the cat as
he paws at
the screen of
birds on the tv.