Sitting in the bathtub
Been a long time
Not sure what to do
No rubber duckies
Do I just sit here
Showers are faster
And warmer I think
Humming is echoey
I remember that now
Hesitant drip escapes the faucet
Plunks and echoes too
If I pull the plug
Will I get sucked down the drain
It’s not a silly thought
Happened to a friend of mine
-T. Weeks
(A response to a bath)
A free Créme Brûlée
Is all it was
Free dessert is all
Nothing funny about that
Don’t laugh
The waiter was just nice
Who gets a free
Anything
Let alone a Créme Brûlée
-T. Weeks
(A response to dinner)
One tasted candy
One wandered, fingers spread wide
Both want more and more
-T. Weeks
(A response to learning)
Little guy
Couple seats away
Tells stories
Panhandling for respect
Gets laughs instead
Doomed
Always the easy target
-T. Weeks
(A response to the guy at the bar)
Some mornings it’s politics
Other mornings it’s religion
Or poverty or race or Trump
Today it was dog poop
-T. Weeks
(A response to coffee conversations)
First to tell
First to forget
First to forgive
First to blame
First to ask
Last to thank
-T. Weeks
(Thinking about my number one)
Spaceman
Floating
Solo mission
To the edge
Keeps a diary
For whom?
-T. Weeks
(A response to Buster Scruggs)
Life Immense 