Holiday Business

Write the mundane,
draw up the agreement,
try to get through Christmas
both solvent and guilt free,
clean the grime,
expell the roommate,
reduce yourself
to solitude or become
a motivational speaker
(which will require
dentistry and confidence)

Everybody knows
it never works
says the song
something about the
door that shuts just before
you get to the dream
you see

Sparse snowflakes
are falling, but I'm
flying to a warmer city
for work today after I pack
after I stop procrastinating

When I think of you now
it's remembering a tender
conversation on a car ride
just before impact