That Which is Done

Thinking about people who have something to do,

about early morning folks engaged in drive time,

about the busy bodies embroiled in the business

of earning their way, they who know the assigned

to get something done. Winners and losers too,

I consider you. There are markets to be shopped

and consumed. Movers, shakers, mindful deliber-

tors, procrastinators, innovators, those who dig,

scrape, shape and create. And let us not mimimize

the slick, sharp and wise who jiggle, juggle and

twist to facilitate a proper fit. There are the many

and the few who comprehend or haven’t got a clue.

You can include the likes of me in there somewhere.

I reside out of sight, thoughtfully planted in my chair

trying to pluck ripened thoughts of consequence out

of thin air. I can find a rhyme for this my place in

time, but there are no words, nothing I can either do

or say which will make the whisker-white of my old
age go away. That which is done is done.

Chris Hanch 9-26-17