Waiting For The Spinning To Stop

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone. - Thoreau

a cantankerous, wobbly, twirling top

in silk suit and shiny shoes

coming apart at the seam

the world passes by me

carrying a briefcase

inside of which is a tin cup and tambourine

perhaps someday, you'll know what i mean

when the spinning decides to stop

Author's Note

"As I preferred some things to others, and especially valued my freedom, as I could fare hard and yet succeed well, I did not wish to spend my time in earning rich carpets or other fine furniture, or delicate cookery, or a house in the Grecian or the Gothic style just yet. If there are any to whom it is no interruption to acquire these things, and who know how to use them when acquired, I relinquish to them the pursuit." - Thoreau