Poetic Asides Elsewhere

Poetic Discipline

My mind is elsewhere,

not on this poem:

reading a Mary Higgins Clark novel,

swimming laps in a pool,

laughing with my sisters,

walking with my husband,

in Phoenix with my kids,

in Alaska riding electric bikes,

coasting down a mountain in Maui,

worshiping at church,

but my body’s in my recliner

as I tap keys on my laptop

and look at my screen

between my cat’s ears.