The Best-Laid Schemes Etc.
As a kid I thought I had telekinetic powers
because I’d never heard of a breeze.
As a teen I was pretty sure that “famous musician”
was in my immediate future.
(In my 20s I still thought that,
despite all the bars I was playing in.)
By my 30s I had started causing trouble professionally,
and I figured that would lead to, maybe, Congress?
By my 40s I’d been homeless once
and I’d given up on electoral politics.
I’m two years into my 50s and I’ve been homeless twice.
I’ve mostly stopped making music.
My retirement plan is death.
I don’t have the first clue what else is coming.
/ / /
9 April 2026
Charlottesville VA
Day 9 of National Poetry Month
Comments