In forty minutes this show will be over
A storm will have passed towards the west
The white cat switched sleeping positions twice
Mother bird returned to three chicks in the nest

The time it takes for the modern long player
Or to half-time in an average football match
An option to be lazily reading in a hammock
Is negated by the need to iron another batch

Seven shirts done, then rudely interrupted
On a roll, then derailed from the track
Momentum returns, tasks must be completed
And ironing boy is never getting this time back

20th Sep 2024 – Submitted to Ragtag Daily Prompt – iron

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If you really want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.

Carl Sagan

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Gratitude Journal

I am so happy and grateful for Top Chareon to have glasses frames for me to buy after the crazy funny dogs leapt up and smashed my old ones.