Let's set some time aside for love

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Open Poetry #41

Let's set some time aside for love

Master
Senior Member

since 1999-08-18

Posts 1867
Boston, MA

0 posted 2007-08-20 09:51 AM

Let’s set some time aside for love.
We’ll wake up early in the morning,
Concerned with work we’re dreaming of,
Which always proves to be concerning.

I’ll make the bed and brush my teeth.
You’ll make a toasted turkey sandwich
For me to take to work. We’ll leave
On time for once. Somehow, I’ll manage

To teach my students to graph lines
Without a graphing calculator
To reproduce - change over time -
A wage made by an average waiter.

You’ll search for errors in some code
(It’ll prove to be an extra comma).
The sun will sink. We’ll hit the road
And think about the passing summer.

We’ll throw out trash and do the dishes.
We’ll eat our dinner, clean the table
And crash onto the couch, wishing
To sleep a bit, but won’t be able.

We’ll go on google, search for faucets,
Discuss refinishing the basement,
And how our bedroom needs more closets,
And just before the evening’s wasted,

We’ll light a smoke and drink some wine
To ease our headaches just enough
For us to pause and find some time
To set some time aside for love…

Check out my poetry here:

http://www.unknownpoets.com/db/authors/master

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

1 posted 2007-11-24 03:34 PM

Fine writing...James

Artic Wind
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 8080
Realm of Supernatural

2 posted 2007-11-24 07:12 PM

Fine writing Indeed

ARCTIC WIND

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

3 posted 2007-11-24 07:51 PM

just enough
For us to pause and find some time
To set some time aside for love…

hard to do sometimes~~

marcel
Senior Member

since 2003-03-02

Posts 660
az, usa

4 posted 2007-11-27 09:32 PM

The smooth unforced flow of this piece, made it that much more beautiful.

Pilgrimage
Member Elite

since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

5 posted 2007-11-28 04:30 PM

How long have I been reading you? Five years? You get better all the time. The time for love is the time spent picking out the faucet, discussing the remodel. The quiet comfort of each other's presence on the couch.

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

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