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Did

Did

he sat

beside me

and smiled

like he does

and asked

“so, what’d you do today?”

like he already knows

what I’ll say

and at first

I thought about

saying

what he already knew

I’d say

“nothing.”

but for some

reason

I said

something

“well, this morning

I wrote a poem

and watched a hummingbird

fly

and let the dogs out

and let the dogs in

and fed the cat

and gave the baby rabbit a bottle

and changed the bird’s water and food and laid a fresh sheet

and did the same for the white rabbit

and dropped 4 pellets in the Betta bowl

and put the dishes in the washer

and the clothes

and waited on the Queen

and made a cake

the bed

her read

and worked out

and watched her nuke a burrito

and cut it up

and cleaned up Kool-Aid

the toilet

the crumbs

the counter

and watched

“wax on, wax off”

and cooked macaroni

and baked chicken

and put the laundry away

and taught her how to do

a jumping round-house kick

and played some music

and moved to it

and tried to find the UFC fight

for Saturday night

and let the dogs out

and let the dogs in

and fed the cat

and gave the baby rabbit a bottle

and put the dishes up

the pen down”

TL

Published inTamiko Lowery