The computer hums and snickers a nag like clanging spoons upon my beloved soup pot. And it cries, “Pay attention to me!”

But I refuse my electro-taskMaster and languish over recycled morning coffee. At the window, the last vestige of daylight offers itself and chittering birds, fluff for sleep.

The ice cream truck chirps its incongrous tune then fades fast into the still of nightfall. Spaghetti sauce simmers on the stove and my ‘thank-God-it’s-the-end-of-the-work-day’ cigarette plumes with more grace than I can muster. (Oh, my aching back and throbbing feet.) Tells my brain: Relax – Stop thinking – Give it a rest.

Emails and obligations await. Dust bunnies conspire to ambush. And that laundry is not going to put itself away. (Damn it.)

Still, I stick. Watch the final light fade and fold into the night sky.

Home. It’s good to bE.

copyright 2009

What’s clanging Christine’s spoon?

1. Because Katie Couric says so, as told to her by the White House. (And that sweet, albeit idiotic face would never lie.)

2. Because Chris Matthews is getting an exciting chill up his leg. (And we all know what that means.)

3. Because it makes B.O. look good, feel good and gol darn it, people like him! (Smalley’s got nothing on BO for Godsakes!)

4. Because it proves George Bush is the one who fucked things up. (We all know that Dubya is the root and cause of all evil)

5. Because the Mid-Term elections are coming up in 2010. (And there has to be some reason to keep the jokers in office.)

6. Because then you can afford to keep the credit cards, the new mortgage, pay higher taxes and pretend everything is hunky-dunky. (In other words put your head back up your ass, lest you notice what’s really going on.)

7. First health care, then the Euro-dollar. (One world order, here we come!)

8. Because facing the truth would stress you out too much. (God forbid you should face reality when you can avoid it.)

9. That means the stimulus is working. (The Federal Reserve, GM, Citibank and Joe Biden sure think so.)

10. Don’t worry, be happy. (By the time this all catches up with us, we’ll be dead and our kids, grand kids and great grand kids will be paying – not our problem, right?)

To all our veterans I would just like to say thank you. Not Happy Veteran’s Day – but thank you. Thank you for answering the call to defend your country, thank you for your sacrifice, thank you to your family and friends for letting you honor your country and your countrymen with your service.  It is not enough, it will never be enough. But thank you.

WC