Habits

she has her habits, of getting
up and making her tea, a bit
on the weak side with agave,
of turning on NPR at a certain
volume, half listening as she
makes her breakfast of banana
and cereal, checking her
email, reading the Daily Camera
on-line and the poem of the day
on Writers Almanac.
(she doesn’t like Praire Home
Companion but she likes his poetry
site.)
when she goes upstairs, she has

to give Daisy her treats so

she can get dressed without

ankle attacks.

she dresses and goes
outside, nothing in particular in
mind, she thinks, until this morning
when it’s not quite the same and
the day just doesn’t go quite
right.

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