THINGS DONE

Pulled punches.
Received wisdom.

Returned bargains.
Regifted bags.

Searched your name.
Found others had it.

Thought you might remember today
For a reason you couldn’t predict.

Meanwhile, the sky looked
Beneficent, indifferent,

Neutral as in a natural
Darwinian winnowing.

Personified mutation.
Personalized selection.

Everything feasible.
One thing or another.

The list, like the life,
Need not be eventful.

The full event need not
Be felt. Take a slow ride.

The bumps don’t
Shock so much.

So what. You might
Not recall the ride.

No less the bumps,
Nor the shocks.

Altered person.
Saved changes.

Collected letters.
Selected stories.

No one from the
Future will say hello.

No one from the
Past will say hell.

Scattered ashes
Blew in wind.

Searched again.
Found poem.

Quoted passage.
Noted question mark.