I was sorting through some of my poems, and came across this one I wrote in 2006.
To Do Lists
To be done before vacation:
Catch up all laundry
Make sure the grass is cut
And the bills are paid
Clean out the van
Upon returning:
Write a novel
Land a book contract
Transform my chronically messy house
into an aesthetically inviting
gathering place for the group of very hip
writers of which I will be a central figure
But first:
Clean out the van
Do the laundry
Pay the bills
And mow the yard
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I’m still working my way through the line items. But I can check mark “write a novel.” And I’m making efforts at some of the others. Some photo evidence from the past year:
I still have a distance to go, however. One step at a time.
Nomadic Noesis 