Tuesday 12 April 2016

POETRY BREAKFAST APRIL 12 POEM A DAY SUGGESTION - POEM ABOUT FIXING YOUR BED




  time 
  was
i would get up in the morning
by standing straight up with the alarm
and marching down the length of the bed

to the door
and the day

doing
25 pull-ups or so
before
boiling
eggs

  but 
slats at the bottom of the bed
cracked like knuckles
and
i replaced them with thicker pine
from
out 
the 
garage

the pull-up bar
is there still

as a memory 
and a target

  but 
i get up now
over
30 mins 

or longer

of sluggish mental gymnastics
aborted attempts
fresh resolution

telling
myself
my
reward is coffee

and
a
rest

untitled (broken bed) by steve gianakos acrylic on fabric

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