If You Ask Me

You ought not have carved my initials into the tree of life.  But who am I to desecrate your profane immodesty? An early rain remains unlikely to wash away the pain you often cause. I was half listening to the opposition last night when a butterfly came through the TV and changed the room. It became so bright I decided to substitute teach instead of sleeping. 

An episode of Popeye shifted my mindset from duty to reason. Can you imagine the stress? First time in my decades I had the inclination to remodel my life in clay and then in