Ordinary Saturday - Aug. 1, 2026

I’m up

the dull light of 5:45 a.m.

not as annoying as the

heat in the living room that hits me,

sneaking out from the bedroom’s A/C

flipping the switch on the house A/C

the motor kicks on like

it doesn’t want to get up either

dogs still asleep on the bed

husband buried there somewhere, too

the waterfall of the pond churns

white where it assaults the water

so much fresh oxygen, I’m jealous

one dog comes out to greet me

punches through the doggie door,

pees, sniffs what the night has left,

comes back in with nothing to say

still, I encourage him to sit next to me

on the sofa, hoping he’ll share something

but he lays down and goes back to sleep,

as I stare at the ribbons of falling water

for the remaining cruise of my life,

how many Saturdays’ will look like this?