what a day!
I woke up at 4AM
when I rolled over
in my sleep
and something made
my right foot wet
in my bed
I says to myself
Self
this is wrong
so I sat up
turned on the light
put on my glasses
and flipped
the covers back
at the bottom
of the bed
some small black animal
who’d been off her feed
for a day er two
had yakked all over
the bottom of the bed
how one little 3.5lb dog
can yak up that much
is beyond me
but there I was
at 4 AM
stripping the bed
showering
remaking the bed
and trying
to get back
to sleep
went to work
had one of those
dog chasing my tail
days
couldn’t get a grip on
one solid thing
but got a myraid
of stuff
that I’d been
putting off
done
so it wasn’t
a complete
write off
I have to
go into the hospital
for tests
tomorrow morning
the kind
where they knock you out
and won’t let you
be an adult
and drive yourself
home
one of them
gut tests
where they knock you out
and tickle your tonsils
and then everything else
with a camera
so I figured
that after work
I should get the
groceries
I couldn’t
concentrate on
yesterday
after the
screaming and flailing
children
but because
I’m basically weak
I’d best
eat dinner
before shopping
so I don’t come home
with a case
of dark chocolate
and no vegetables
I went to Red Robin
and ordered
a huge
cob salad
and sat there
and read my book
and eat my pail
of greens
when I got up to
pay my bill
the server told me
that the bill
had been covered
by someone that
had been sitting by me
and Merry Christmas!
I was gob smacked
I love the concept
of Random Acts of Kindness
almost as much
as I love
Random Acts of Culture
I got to say
this tickled me
While I have
in the past
participated
in Random Acts
of various kinds
this is the first time
one was
perpetrated on me
I try really hard
to live my life
from a position
of kindness
sometimes I win
and sometimes I don’t
I remain but
a work in progress
these anonymous people
taught me
another lesson today
they taught me
to accept their kindness
with gratitude
and to pay it forward
you bet I will!
