the wind chime

there are things

to buy

that we think are a good idea

at the time.

we have an itch

that needs

to be scratched.

the above ground pool,

for example, or

the hot tub

on the porch, full of algae

a month later,

the Rolex watch you bought

in Times Square,

that stopped

on the way

home on the Vamoose Bus.

the pool table

squeezed into the basement,

but you have

to use

the short cues

on account of the walls.

there's

the sports car that spends

more time

being fixed

than driven,

and then there's

the wind chime

that won't stop ringing.