As soon as I saw you
I remembered —
this morning there were dishes stinking
in the sink;
a blanket on the floor;
an unopened email.
Have it all
together,
appear to
be on top of things.
That’s the goal.
That book,
the one you lent me,
about a month ago,
the one about bugging out
and making a plan,
the one about that guy who capitalized on his country’s economic collapse,
moved to Europe and wrote a book,
it’s gonna sit a while longer —
there on the shelf
collecting dust like the rest
of my
borrowed books.
Because as soon as I saw you
I remembered
that I
forgot
to give it back.
Ha ha. It has my name in the other one and it will get back to me in good time. Don’t worry.