the spin cycle

i'm losing things.
losing
sight of what's important.
keys
and wallets,
i'm lost
in the city
going down a one
way street with pink
tickets
flapping under my wipers
like tongues
mocking me
with laughter.
I can't find your number,
my credit card
to ring up a bottle of
grey goose
at the abc store.
that sandwich
I was eating
has fallen between the seats.
I have lettuce
on my knee, between
my teeth.
i'm in the spin cycle
of middle age,
middle that is if I live
to be a hundred and twenty.
i'm
waiting
for the rinse cycle
and bells to ring to say
that i'm done.