run to catch the ferry
another will be along soon
and there’s no one waiting
at home anyway
drink more than one bottle of wine
the mouth gets numb
and you can’t taste it
or tell if it’s red or white
spend more than 15 minutes
playing solitaire
and try not to cheat
but lose more than win
eat hot dogs
for breakfast
that’s why they invented
cornflakes and yogurt
tell stories at work
half the time
they don’t listen
and it just makes me
homesick for my friends
talk to myself
in public
someday someone
will know enough English
to punch me in the mouth
display so many of your pictures
it’s pointless to have them
staring at me
from the bookshelves
love someone unselfishly
because next time
I’m going to be a little selfish
and expect the woman
to love me a little bit, too
I like this one a lot, Leonard. Funny and moving. I have to say the problem with playing Solitaire on a smartphone is that with most of these programs you can’t cheat. It kinda takes the fun out of it.
You can cheat a bit on the computer by using the Undo button, and by moving cards to free up builds, but I prefer a good old deck of cards. And I don’t consider it cheating when I’m just playing myself. It’s more like being flexible with the rules, or creative, if that word applies.