Something PM
Delay it if you can
until something PM,
some late hour when
completing a task
feels like wizardry.
I’ll do it later, we can
say, so certain that
a later version of us
will own the tools
and know where
they are kept, and
how to use all of them
at once. Later means
there is more time
where this portion
came from, a silo
of time, a well of it
waiting for us when
we are ready. Then,
we go to it, gripping
lists of commands:
verb this noun, now,
we have written down
actions just so we can
scribble them out,
and at the other end of
accomplishment we will
wave a list still titled
To Do but unintelligible
thanks to our efficiency
and how reliably
our actions disappear.
"Verb this noun now." Perfect. And, I do this all the time. Then, the later me isn't as efficient and energetic as I had envisioned her to be!
ReplyDeleteAh, the magical To Do list!
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed this. As always!!
This is terrific.
ReplyDelete"...some late hour when completing a task feels like wizardry." I will find a way to use this phrase in a sentence today.
ReplyDeleteOh gosh, this is incredible. I seem to use 'a later version of mine' a lot, somehow not trusting my current version. Genius as always! : )
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