rain check?

let's meet for a drink
or a cup
of coffee I ask her for
the twentieth time,
just a casual
get together
to catch up
and reminisce about
the old days. shoot
the breeze.
I can't she says,
so busy
with work and school,
the divorce proceedings,
the dog
needs shots, the cat
has fleas.
I need to rake
the yard,
and pull the weeds.
the oil light in my car
is on.
a lightbulb
burned out at the top
of the stairs
and I don't have a ladder
long enough to reach,
and I just found out
i'm allergic to gluten,
not to mention
the children who despite
being older, still
need, need, need.
I just don't have ten
minutes to myself
these days.
rain check after the holidays?
sure, I tell her, laughing.
always.
take care, and don't forget
to breathe.