"Your Life"

[Oh boy, do I love this week's poem by Nancy Krygowski; I bet you will too!]

Your Life

drive like you have good insurance
                    like your Saturn really is a planet     with one
inhabitant             you              play who
                    has the fattest butt
and be happy to win       every time            measure
                    your worth in moments you choose to spend
in bed         measure     your love with a jar
                    of pennies you empty
into each day       wiggle your fingers in your pockets
                    for fun       drive carefully               follow all
the rules       think of your mother’s sad eyes
                    as directions         think
your old friends know you too well    
                    still  watch movies together         buy bras         chew
and swallow           say you want to hear it all       again
                    forget the dictionary’s unread pages           think
what you would give for the slowness
                    of a kid’s   summer day       think what you would give
to take back the words         then just die.           do it           believe
                    in this car that is you        your life     maybe
the windows are dirty            maybe the tires
                    need air           but you can drive     you should
drive or         better yet    
                    take a walk


Nancy Krygowski
© 2011