a soldier ant walked across my hand
at breakfast today sitting at the dining table
oh no you don’t I said to it
and promptly got the raid
 

I sprayed the perimeter of the house
and stopped for just a moment
to pick the spent dried up leaves
off of a potted star jasmine
 

just then a black widow appeared
apparently I’d disturbed her nest
she was large and quick
and dangling in an intricate web
 

well, I don’t like spiders
and I usually just let them be
but today was different
so I raided her too with the spray
 

ran some errands and grocery shopped
I followed a tee shirt into a store stating
“it’s not how good you are
it’s how bad you want it”
 

I thought about sex
wouldn’t you?
and I snickered
 

unpacked the car
with a month’s worth of food
then walked two blocks
to the HOA pool
 

I dived into the brisk cool water
then asked someone
what happened to the heater
they replied its broken
 

no matter to me
the outside air is 96 degrees
and I swam several laps
 

back at the house
I prepare my dinner
sushi and carrot juice
and wash a load of clothes
 

I’d rented some movies
cause its Friday night
and I didn’t make any plans
so I’ll just be my on my own 
 

“Phantom of the Opera”
and “National Treasure”
maybe I’ll make some popcorn
and enjoy a glass of wine
 

and that’s it for me
just keeping it real
living one day at a time