A Poem for the Beginning of March

March 5

oops – another month gone by!
time to change the calendars –
a different view of granddaughters
a different arrangement of fruit –
turn over the page and forget
the penciled appointments and events
that seemed so urgent
at the time
another month gone by
another month gone

another week gone by!
time to put the garbage out –
seven days' accretion to be dispatched,
plastic and paper to the recycling bin,
while orange peel and banana skin
will head for the dump to decay
or not
the pile of newspapers, mostly unread,
will transmigrate and return again,
along with their stories of war and greed
another week gone by
another week gone

another day gone by!
time to lock the doors
and turn out the lights,
head upstairs and
crawl into bed
close my eyes and try to sleep
try to remember
what I did today
another day gone by
another day gone