FIVE YEAR PLAN. I could see myself really “getting into organization”______ You know? Buy half a dozen mason jars, Line ‘em neatly on a shelf. Throw away my social insurance number ‘cause it don’t “spark joy”. Throw away empty candy wrappers cause they don’t ______ worry ‘bout what I’m gonna be doing in five years ‘cause I don’t have a plan and I won’t _________do what you wanted me to Instead I could______ see myself really get into collecting dust. Throw all my money at the moon_________ See elephant within stars And try not to but maybe I’ll even start to live a little, Let loose! Knock back a dozen stables in my stall, Mental breakdowns at shopping malls________ You best believe I will I said it now you wait. So you run back to board meetings and your raise; let me sit back and watch phases of the moon, divulging all of my inhibitions like this___ line by Jack White that I spit And my moon___ Said my moon consists of seven starlights Seven castles, Seven rooms All intertwined, locked up with godlike precision in my mind And I’m “king”______but out here I’ve got nothing but a cup of tea, And another And another And if I make it to five years I’ll be drinking yet another________ And I’ve got a fist full of knuckles in my cuff.
© Judy M