Buyer Beware

It's not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: what are we busy about? - Thoreau

people everywhere

striving

driving

conniving

stopping

grocery shopping

eavesdropping

be-bopping and bar hopping

dentures flopping

dating and mating

moaning and masturbating

confiscating

playing with matches and conflagrating

here and there

with empty souls and thinning hair

making rat salad with hands of doom

bang, pow and a trip to the moon

eager to flip an arthritic finger, curse and swear

with a blank stare

without a prayer

high heels on a rotted, steep stair

no desire to play fair

no life preserver with water rising and too many cares

going in circles when the path is square

drawers full of receipts but no return policy

it's buyer beware

Author's Note

"When it comes time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived." - Thoreau