The Monday List

I take the day
off
to get things done.
laundry, grocery shopping,
a trip
to a store to buy more things
I don't really need.
the bank.
a stop by Kaiser
to get a prescription filled.
maybe i'll change
the sheets, sweep
the floor.
rearrange some furniture,
exorcise
a room or two,
to get the evil spirits
out.
maybe i'll write for a while,
and say the same
things once
more.
wring the angst and seemingly
perpetual anger
out of my
psyche.
the car needs an oil
change.
the yard needs some weeding.
it could be
a busy day, or it could
be me,
just lying on the couch
with the phone off,
a cup of coffee in hand,
reading.