Waiting for morning

Love Poem With Toast

Some of what we do, we do
to make things happen,
the alarm to wake us up, the coffee to perc,
the car to start.

The rest of what we do, we do
trying to keep something from doing something,
the skin from aging, the hoe from rusting,
the truth from getting out.

With yes and no like the poles of a battery
powering our passage through the days,
we move, as we call it, forward,
wanting to be wanted,
wanting not to lose the rain forest,
wanting the water to boil,
wanting not to have cancer,
wanting to be home by dark,
wanting not to run out of gas,

as each of us wants the other
watching at the end,
as both want not to leave the other alone,
as wanting to love beyond this meat and bone,
we gaze across breakfast and pretend.

-Miller Williams

This reminds me super strongly of another poem, I just can't remember which it was.

I just watched the sunrise, need to get a bit of exercise in, and then grab contact lenses and pants before my day gets going. Just need things to open.

Greatpoets Strikes Again

I have such an addiction to good poetry, and such an aversion to bad (blah blah define your terms blah).

So, here's a second one for the morning.

Before Sherratt & Hughes Became Waterstone's by Sophie Hannah

Romantic entanglements often occur
In a pub or a railway station,
But being a writer I tend to prefer
A suitably bookish location.

I've never liked nightclubs, nor am I the sort
To go for a snog in the loos.
By far the most interesting place to cavort
Is the ground floor of Sherratt & Hughes.

I've seen a few customers looking dismayed,
Too British to voice their objection.
But how can I help it? I like to get laid
Just in front of the poetry section.

Most people prefer a luxurious setting -
A Mediterranean cruise,
But to my mind, the place most conducive to petting
Is the ground floor of Sherratt & Hughes.

All it takes is one glimpse of a gold-lettered spine
On those lovingly organised shelves
And a human encounter seems almost devine -
Not just sex, but a merging of selves.

I have never been someone who strictly adheres
To what's proper - I do as I choose.
(I go down very well with the male cashiers
On the ground floor of Sherratt & Hughes.)

-sophie hannah