all about me

you tell her
that you'll call
at five,
but it's more
like five thirty before
you are in your
car and able
to dial her number.
you let the minutes
turn into hours,
slowing down the world
to a pleasant crawl.
you refuse to be
rushed, to be in a
line, to be anywhere
you don't want to be.
you haven't gone
cranky or crazy in
your fading youth,
but have settled nicely
into a place where's
it pretty much
all about me.