In Retrospect

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Maybe I'll find
a 100-dollar bill amidst
the burnt umber
maple leaves.
Maybe the ambulance will
come disguised as an
ice cream truck.
Perhaps I'll find a
warm forgotten can of
beer in the dryer.
Maybe, I'll blow
up the moon.

I'm losing it.
My pants won't
stay up, and I haven't
got a belt.
I'm being devoured by
the autumn winds and
the grackles.

Insomnia is crushing me.
Febrile and ferocious,
I stalk the university streets,
too sick to work.
Maybe this abscessed tooth
will kill me.

I used to pound out
12 hour days in the
hot July bean fields.
Farmer John always
smiling and shaking
his head.

Life is a
bologna
sandwich, and
I write these little
poems in yellow
mustard.
And I wait.

Just wait.

Author's Note

Check out my you tube channel where I read poetry from my book, Seedy Town Blues Collected Poems, available on Amazon.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnNUCBj1jPg

Reviews

[Soren]

I join you in this Thomas. I have been waiting for a long time and have not hit the lottery yet. but then they say you have to buy a ticket to win. I'll try that on another day. I loved the run of this poem that painted everyday images so well I felt I was there.

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you so much for the read and comment.

[Ken Simm.]

This I empathise with. Its no fun but the experience tells you it used to be. Or did it? Excellent write Thomas.

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you, Ken. I truly appreciate the read and comment.

[Chris Shaw]

There is humour here amid the darkness of this piece. What a life you had. Must make you truly appreciate what you have now. Life is a waiting game, and then we die. Great read.

Chris

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you so much for the read and comment.

[Lorry]

Yeah, those grackles, along with screaming ambulances and the myriad of noise will eventually make you lose it. That's if the not a recession but a financial crisis doesn't drive us all insane first.
I remember when as a kid wearing a piece of rope as a belt, hobo like was a thing, but it isn't so funny now were all about one more unexpected bill will actually make us hobos!
I guess we all have to wait and wait and wait some more to see how this chapter ends. Hopefully a hero will ride in and save the day, which will be the greatest of days, reminding us of childhood matines, but I wouldn't hold my breath as we wait! ☺

[Thomas W Case]

Thanks for the read and comment.

[emmajoygreen]

Waiting for more time in which to wait perhaps? Time runs the gauntlet well aware of the battering and bruising of life's questions and quirks, don't you think? Behind those famous closed doors we all have our mishaps and misunderstandings, that's what make each of us unique - like it or not. Your words seem to grumble with laughter or laugh at your convoluted maybe pessimism.. or dislike about the shortness of light in which to see more. Your poem starts the mind thinking.. my morning is already reserved to do just that!

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you so much for the read and comment.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Wish I had written that next to last stanza.
with a little Guldens on it.

[Thomas W Case]

Lol. Thanks for reading.

[Crowley]

This made my day. What a clever write. I love the line about the ambulance and ice cream truck, that's what I want when it comes for me. The last stanza is brilliant. It's what we do, just wait. I enjoyed this more than very much.

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you so much for reading and commenting. I appreciate it.

[Anita Frader]

When the mundane turns us insane... is how this feels to me.
Always creative thoughts from you.

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you for reading and commenting.

[Poetic Beauty]

Life changes as we age and lack of sleep definitely jumbles our brains and gives us a distorted conception of the world around us.

Love the line ambulance disguised as an ice cream truck. Now that to me is hilarious but also who wouldn’t want to go out in an ice cream truck. Come on, that would be much more fun with the ice cream trucks music instead of blaring sirens.

[Thomas W Case]

Exactly. Thanks for the read and comment.