Blink
lines are long
so are the complaints
get to the front
“I’m going on break”
roll at a crawl
deposit drop
get to the front
to sit there and sigh
“Sorry for the wait,
receipt machine’s on the blink”
blink, blink, blink
too much time to think
why hurry
where do you have to be
really
sand is running out
look at old faces
ask old questions
no answers there
just a blink
school teaches: conform
life teaches: re-form
over and over and over
blink
toddler to teen
blink
single to married
blink
married to parents
blink
parents to grandparents
blink
grandparents to great-grandparents
blink
great to grave
do you know any more
than you did before
are you really that much smarter
than you were at 16
“love is love”
don’t blink
TL