Weekend Healing

I like my attitude at this altitude.
The pool is open, but nobody
is swimming. I want to be better,
not bitter. I'm looking
for my armchair shaman, my
couch physician. Why do
today what you can
put off until tomorrow?
After all, an aphorism
keeps the dogma away.

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First appeared in USA Today Weekend, and included in What's Written on the Body.