an organized life

sometimes I write poetry on purpose in my notes app. other times i’m just writing to-do lists. sometimes the proximity to poetry can transform any old to-do list into a poem itself. like a banana peel on the floor of a modern art gallery. people gingerly step around it and look for its wall plaque. but then sometimes, a to-do list is just a to-do list.

to-do

• apply to skylight

• reply to jesse

• read a chapter

• shape up

shopping list

• black pepper

• dish soap

• cloth serviettes

(realistic) bucket list

• bake bread

• shoot a gun

• read master & margarita

• go to Mexico city

• finish a painting

• learn how to garden