Wanderlust, eventually

Only a few more things

Day 12 of 30 Days of Poetry, Autumn 2024

The dream road 
waits for us.
Though,
before we go, 
a few things:
ticker tape retirement
needs a hoovering,
plus that first novel
(a second too),
and unspooling
addictions, all these
minutes we 
sell, hustling 
screentime to 
seed a storm ...
maybe’ll dump coins
into the tank.

Sell the rooms
sell the chairs
set memories
on repeat, gotta
set aside time 
to untangle
and consider 
all of these cords
-- if it rains
make a bonfire
to burn unread poems
useless statements and 
whatever good wood
we can’t give away.

You can’t take it with you 
so who wants the china
the gelato spoon
the wine openers
the stoppers
the third fridge?
Better start 
chugging the Prosecco
now, just 
a few things
before wanderlust
eventually 
gives us over 
to the wheel
(one sec)
just a
few more things

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Today the word was “wanderlust” given to me by Colin.

Thanks for reading.