2016.07.16
Accept the things you cannot change:
the bleating clock,
the nightly go
--dog leash in tow--
around the block,
neural chemistry,
patchy hair,
a longing stare
and X-ray eye,
and the niggling fact
that things will stay
roughly this way,
to be exact.
Forgive the things you cannot have:
the supple bod,
taut undergrads,
a nicer pad,
long chats with God,
an older name,
your peers' respect,
the oll korrect,
unbridled fame,
a sense of ease
in your own skin,
a lighter burden
by degrees.
The life you'd swap for on the train
(sight unseen)
is much like yours
though it appears
more green.
So, why this pain
that shorts the breath
and spoils your health?
You grow serene--
not yet, but after
your will resigns
a few more times
with heavy laughter.
LOL Trump. Why is public radio playing his VP like its news not propaganda? Also I love how he says he's going back over the years to look at the Middle East, starting with Clinton, and some how skips 2000-2008? LOLOLOL, Republicans.
Pokemon Go is also terrific if you enjoy having your workday constantly interrupted by imaginary bats, like Hunter S. Thompson.
So I've been noticing more music missing from iTunes :-( Luckily I have both some old archives and even the mojo to parse out what old stuff might be missing, but it's a super-pain. My devblog: parsing itunes Library.xml into json