how about bird watching?

you need a hobby, she tells me,

you need

a new interest,

a new past time, something

to wile away the hours

before death.

checkers, perhaps.

chess.

collecting stamps.

you could volunteer

down at the shelter, 

she suggests, or

how about bird watching,

or wood  carving,

there must be something

you can do, she says,

her fingers tapping on her desk.