Janis Lull

Another Day

Another dollar?  No thanks, I don’t think

so.  Another meal?  I really don’t need

one.  Of the seven basic things to want,

I’m tired of six; I only like sugar.

Yes, please, I’ll take a little chocolate.

I’m not sure how it came to this; I was

ravening along like a grasshopper,

trying to devour the whole world, and then

I wasn’t.  They say lack of desire brings

peace, but I haven’t found it so.  To me,

it brings desire for something to desire.

I’ve looked at your pictures; they’re beautiful.

So are your children, your orchards, your lambs.

Believe me, I wish I could covet them.