What was all of that?
Was that a career?
A great deal of running around
for reasons unclear.
What was all of that?
Was that a life?
A lot of it sitting at tables
with a fork and knife.
What was all of that?
Just cutting a lawn?
Driveways in winter to shovel,
evening and dawn.
What was all of that?
Laundry? Caffeine?
Groceries to buy every week
and teeth to clean.
What was all of that?
Could that have been love?
Special occasions like birthdays
I rarely thought of.
What was all of that?
Was that really me?
A great many questions to answer,
don’t you agree?
What was all of that?
Where did it go?
All of that running around.
Damned if I know.
What was all of that?
October 2020