Time Spent

 

Now that I look back on it, much

of that which I cared about and

took seriously probably was not

worth the time or the effort.

I have to be honest, and ask myself,

where did all that nonsense get me?

It has been determined that we

spend nearly half our time in life

sleeping and eating. And I might

add, we spend much of the other

half sleep-walking around, thinking

drivel and applying ourselves use-

lessly for naught.

Other creatures are far more ef-

ficient with their lives and time.

They hunt, forage, mate and sleep,

that is until we humans either do-

mesticate them for food or train

them to satisfy our other needs.

We are the species who has

admittedly accomplished much

with our tenure here on Earth,

but have also caused enough

mayhem and destruction to

diminish many of our worthwhile

endeavors.

And at work or during idle times

we come up with shit to entertain,

stupefy and escape. Oh well, who

am I to scrutinize and complain?

We are who we are, and it is what

it is.

Personally, as a teenager I spent a

good deal of my time watching The

Three Stooges and Rocky and Bull-

winkle. That alone speaks volumes.

Work and play, thoughts of a better

tomorrow entertained—mow the lawn,

wash and wax the car, drunken nights

and hung-over days.

And as it turns out, even had I been

an accomplished Phd or astrophysicist,

I’d still be retired, writing poetry and

standing wobbly on my last leg anyway.

             -30-

Chris Hanch 8-29-200