MORNING DEXTERITY CHALLENGE-a poem 6-24-17

MORNING DEXTERITY CHALLENGE-a poem   6-24-17

Because my body makes me do it

Mostly against my comfort-loving will

I write my lines early in the morning

Before the light of day takes its stance

And thus my theme is darkness

Yet as the poets tell us

Ad infinitum I might add

The darkness reaches zenith

Or I suppose for darkness the nadir is the zenith

Just before the dawn

So my befuddled morning brain slides back and forth

from hope to blackness just as those tiny bee-bees

try to find a place to land in Santa’s

nose and ears in that toy designed

to challenge the dexterity of Christmas day

That little unnamed thing designed to keep children

Out of sight and trouble

for at least a moment or two

That thing everyone has tried and knows about

but is so hard to describe in a poem

what was I writing about, anyway?

JRMcF

johnrobertmcfarland@gmail.com