PACKING

flitting like the flying crab-like bugs 

that have invaded the upstairs closet

i think about packing

distraction boils on the burner in the kitchen

the new foundation, the reduction for life soup

time for vitamins

download the books

tossing out New Yorkers half-read

a thousand dollars here

a thousand dollars there

expatriation begins

it already began

it is finished

one month here

one month there

Merida to be near friends

Antigua to eat at my restaurant

San Francisco de Yojoa to work in the mountains

to sleep with angels

Huaraz, Arequipa, Cuenca

there is nothing to pack

when you achieve austerity

wake up get out of bed

you are never late
you are always there

not even taking my vitamins

but which I must take now before I forget

Aspirin, Finasteride, Cialis, Niacin, 

Magnesium, Fish Oil, Tumeric

where's my freaking phone

take backpacker magazine

back to the library

I have socks I have underwear

have to renew that prescription 

for Finasteride

got to keep that prostate shrunk

although why

so I don't pee at night

keeping the volume 

of ejaculate low

keeping me faithful and old

when i would prefer

old faithful

should I take on celibacy

in my old age

so I don't carry disease

because if I carry disease 

I would have to become celibate

Ouroboros chokes

I'll be safe 

and not sorry

where was I

where did I put the question marks

and capitalization

packing

like the insects

or the lilies 

or the sparrow

they don't care

what they carry

or I could die

something I no longer

can be bothered

to consider

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​4/28/2017​