Looking towards retirement

i trudge upstairs now

later and later, with less and less

enthusiasm

trapped in a COVID-19 hell

of our own making, the sweet smell

of burning wood blowing in from the west

we are in a climate hell

of our own making

Seven makes me move my body

in spite of it all

I'll have abs to show for it

In a  year, I hope to bounce up

the stairs to do something cool,

to travel to far off places 

to retire.