Happy Election Day!

In my subversive attempt to join something without actually joining it, I wrote another poem today. (Not that I am committing to writing 30 poems in 30 days, I just happened to have written two days in a row.)

I voted to stay in bed

I tried my best to weigh
the issues of earning an income
or snuggling under the heavy quilt
without guilt of faking illness
still, the candidates made promises
of continued paid employment or
enjoyment of the purring lump of fur beside me
I did my civic duty, as I should
chose according to my heart
and mind the kind of future I thought I wanted
but, sadly, the alarm clock won

ltv