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”
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