Quote & Poem: Stupidty and Inattenton

It's easy to make mistakes when you are clueless and not paying attention. But I'm happy with it.

Stupidty

"To be stupid,
selfish, and have

good health are
three requirements

for happiness,
though if

stupidity is lacking,
all is lost.”

- Gustave Flaubert

Inattenton

Shirt,

trousers, shoes

in place, I resume the

rat race and summon the day.

Off to work, to lunch,

to work, to store

for assorted

foodstuffs,

to library of

snickering kids to

get new book on hold,

to Tony’s for an IPA or two,

watch the game unfold,

and finally home to

dinner and a

little TV

where

I flop in a

stuffed chair,
feet begging for air,
only to hear the doorbell
ring; it’s Cliff our neighbor who
asks if I can take them to the airport
Tuesday; I say okay, can do, and he
looks down with a bit of a frown
and asks if I can feed the

fish, too. We agree

on a plan and

he leaves

and I

sit down,

bone weary,
and bend over
to untie my shoes
and am shocked and
chagrined to note my
footwear don’t match,

two not of a kind,

one a darker hue

of brown than

the other.

I think back
on where I’ve been
since rising bleary out
of bed and then oh
brother does my

face ever

turn

red.