"I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex." Oscar Wilde

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Progress

A very old man
Gets up everyday
And pours himself
A bowl
of Cheerios

On his head
Rests his glasses
And God bless his soul
He sees nothing

His wife comes behind
Shaking her head
And mopping up
The spilled milk

His shirt's inside-out
And St. John's Bay
Is proudly displayed
From the tag sticking up in the air

Every morning follows the same
The man and his wife
Have their patterns perfected
And each have a role that they play