different

open your eyes

close them; pray

feel your age

make the bed

feed the dogs

pick up yesterday

wash your hair

fight sorrow

open the closet and dresser drawers

think about cutting your hair

start all the machines you will empty later

fight the fear

make the coffee

walk your mind through everything since opening your eyes

try and not stroll back through the mud of it all

manufacture pleasantness

smile

exhaust yourself holding up that fourth wall

earn your part in funding whatever new war of one people and gains of another

hit a stride just in time for your attention to be broken

fill your tank up with 3 hours work

drive that 20 minutes of soul separation … and breath

make the coffee

fight the self talk

empty the machines

feed the dogs

open and close the closet and dresser drawers

force yourself to sweat and hurt and drive your mind into soul separation

try and remember all the sentences and thoughts you will forget later

wash your hair

make the messes you’ll clean in the morning

write away the sorrow and the pain and the mania

feel your age

crawl in the bed

close your eyes

pray that if tomorrow is not better, it is at least different