as a poet

at work once an i.t. guy 

told me his wife was employed

as a poet! 

a real life poet and 

(poet and educator)

this man changed my life.

unfortunately,

via a mishandled data migration

that caused me to career

onto life’s soft verge 

in a slow motion car crash.

my poetry remains unsuccessful.

i won’t bore you with the time i took on too much at work during lockdown and ended up having two years of burnout and misdiagnoses. it encouraged me to make a lot of changes in my life anyway. i think i’m getting to a better place. its fun writing poetry anyway. maybe that will never be my profession. but reducing my hours at work has at least given me time to do it.