Darn Lists

my list was seventeen items long

and at this late hour, ten and one-half

remain to do and all I want to do is

watch “24” in my pajamas, my feet

all cozy next to corn bag or two.

A mere thirty-eight percent of my tasks

completed today, and that’s kind of cheating

since I crossed off items that I did not do,

and did not write down some

others that needed doing, and I counted

getting a massage as a task; I wonder why people

write lists if not to feel a sense of

accomplishment; next time I will only

write one item on my list so I can feel

good, too.