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To Do List
by Jim Benz1. Roll a joint
2. Sit around for awhile, smoking
3. Think about jazz classics
4. Silently contemplate "A Love Supreme"
5. Try to remember the bass line
6. Slap head and say "oh yeah"
7. Look at the stereo across the room
8. Listen to stomach growl
9. Examine empty pack of smokes crumpled up on the table
10. Poke around in the ashtray
11. Yawn
12. Think about writing a poem
13. Abandon poem
14. Drink cold coffee because it's within arms reach
15. Make a list of things to do
16. Put shoes on, consider standing
17. Think about walking down to the store to buy cigarettes
18. Abandon the thought
19. Re-light roach
20. Take shoes off and sit around for awhile 05/21/2007 Posted on 05/21/2007
Copyright © 2026 Jim Benz
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Michelle Angelini on 05/26/07 at 04:08 AM Well...sounds like you had a busy day. Hope you don't have to work too hard tomorrow. ;-)
~Chelle~ |
| Posted by Meghan Helmich on 07/10/08 at 12:48 PM i'm jealous! i wish i could sit around pondering music and poetry and smoking. (i do this on the weekends, instead!) |
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