Late

Late arriving, late leaving

Late waking, late sleeping,

late monthly reports, late evaluations

Late for dinner, late for meetings

Late growing up but precocious

Late driving, driving everyone off the road

Late is how adrenaline

Pulls fuzzy into focus

Autopilot stimulation

Neocortex riding a little higher

Hedonic tone more in tune

Thanks to a little late urgency

The check is in the mail – late

Late because I hesitate?

No late because there is too much

life to live In too little time

late because I underestimate

Always underestimate

How long it takes to do anything

Not just of late but all of my life

How long to brush teeth

To make toast and coffee

To go to the store and the bank

More than I thought

More than I can imagine

More than I know

I don’t live in your time

My moments expand

but the ticking time holds firm

Body chasing, world turning

Late or not

  

5/26/09