please complete my rewiring by monday (before work)

i’ll look on the bright side and get up on

the right side and think rise and shine

like my grandmother who made boots

into sugar cookies and hung on to the

banister at 94 each night and waited

for shot of schnapps. but now she’s

dead. which tells me like a deep

mountain echo the bear can’t fix

the other side.

but wait. i’m

giving up negative thoughts for new

years’ too like pain is part of painting.

sheesh. another lame line. at least

it’s almost midnight. six more hours.

god promised. or at least i asked.

although i’m supposed to think about

others ahead of me. wait. that’s

catholic school. hurry. please hurry

because i’m giving up negative thoughts

for lent and negative people forever.