Sonnet #370

 Reasons not to write a book today

Include the barking dog that needs a walk

The children in the house that want to play

And certainly there’s you who needs to talk

The dishes in their heaps attract the fly

So wash them with your wild and precious life

The windows are dirty, so are toilets, and we try

To hit the gym and live a little more, meet a wife

Perhaps she will become one, and time spent

Interviewing and preliminary hiring all potential

Brides who may or may not help you pay the rent

Seems mission critical, plus the leeks are turning

Didn’t you want to make that recipe you used to love?

Books can wait. No time. Find a box for art. Shove.