Contemplations on Morning Choices
What makes a morning body
Want tea instead of coffee?
Oatmeal instead of eggs?
Sleep instead of exercise?
These questions as I sip tea
Eat oatmeal while yesterday’s
Coffee and eggs hold protest
Signs in my thighs:
COFFEE IS BEST!
EGG-XELLENT CHOICE!
Exercise is rare in the morning
Poor choice is huddled out front
Behind the giant maple
And sleep
Sleep is a goddess in a throne on my head
*yesterday I numbered the poem incorrectly. it should have been 251. today’s poem is 252.
FIVE DAYS LEFT TO SUBMIT!
A gentle reminder that there are five spectacular days left to submit to our poetry anthology on the theme of community!
VANESSA SHIELDS, writer 