This blog is devoted to a select group of poets. We're
starting with poets from the Ann Arbor area, but, hey, if you're from Detroit,
Grand Rapids, Saginaw or the Upper Peninsula, then that is okay, too.
We've even been so generous to accept poets from other parts of the USA
and the entire country of Canada!
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Today's poem or short story prompt is the word "tomorrow."
PATCHING CRACKS
ReplyDeleteAND CHECKING FOR LEAKS
(an ADHD experiment)
Think of a fisherman.
He doesn't know how many fish are in the lake,
but he doesn't need to know.
He knows that he can only sell so many fish on a given day.
He knows enough not to try and catch them all right now.
It can't be done and there is no point anyway,
So he leaves some for tomorrow
and the day after.
One Saturday, he helped me put all of my "to-do's" behind a wall.
He sawed a small opening near the bottom
So I could take out one or two a day and actually finish them.
It worked for a while,
but now I find myself staring at the wall
nervous, anxious,
watching for cracks
The flood is coming.
- Mike Fedel
Sept, 2013