December already,
and the plumbers are here,
and our daughter is driving
back to college for 10 days
till she drives back
for winter break,
and my cold is still
lingering with a bad cough,
and I’m already weeks behind
with work, and our church matriarch
died a few days ago,
and I’m supposed to be
writing a sermon
about contemplation
during Advent season,
and the world is its usual
shambolic mess,
and the plumbers are here
as December begins.
