Stranded

Stranded.

I don’t want to be stranded

like Robinson Crusoe

on an island

of pain

with no rescue in sight

another weekend;

so, doc,

can you fill out

the prescription again

that one with real bite?

Believe

*

I can’t believe

some days

that I’ve landed

on my feet.

I have to pinch

myself.

My monasticism

was brief