i'll get that later, maybe

sometimes

you drop things on the floor,

but you

don't pick them up,

you say

to yourself, i'll get that later,

what's the rush?

pants,

shoes, coins out of the pocket,

a pen,

a fork from the plate

you were carrying

to the kitchen.

later, you say to yourself,

nothing is going

anywhere, perhaps later

i'll bend over

and pick these things up.