endless weekend by RC deWinter

Source: RC deWinter

now that every day's a weekend

with no place to go no people to see

only endless hours to fuss and adjust

perfectionists are the only happy people on the planet

now that every day's a weekend

there isn't a weed living

in all of green suburbia

perfectionists are the only people smiling

now that every day's a weekend

perfectionists are the only people

gainfully occupied every hour they're not sleeping

scraping and painting walls windowsills

doors and trim

the odd bookcase or table

none of which actually need scraping or repainting

shelving books according to height

or color

or whatever

on their knees in the kitchen

picking stray bits of who knows what

from seams and channels in the flooring

then finally getting around to organizing

the spice cabinet in alphabetical order

pawing through lifetime collections of screws

nuts bolts etc. to ensure

there's no unruly miscegenation happening

among those sneaky bits of metal

untangling garden netting

pesky balls of fishing line

the old clothesline rope

that oughta be good for something

now that every day's a weekend

perfectionists have endless hours

to remake everything into exactly what

and how it must be

i envy them

now that every day's a weekend

with no place to go no people to see

there's nothing to take me away from you

lounging in the corner

singing in the shower

coming up behind me to kiss my neck

with lips that haunt my dreams

even with every window open

your scent is everywhere

so

despite the small nothings with which i busy myself

without places to go and people to see

i can't get past the past

to imagine a future where

every day isn’t a weekend

and there are places to go people to see

Author Bio: RC deWinter’s poetry is widely anthologized, notably in Uno: A Poetry Anthology (Xlibris, April 2002), New York City Haiku (Universe/NY Times, February /2017), Coffin Bell Two (Coffin Bell, March 2020) Winter Anthology: Healing Felines and Femmes, (Other Worldly Women Press, December 2020), Now We Heal: An Anthology of Hope, (Wellworth Publishing, December 2020) in print in 2River, Adelaide, Door Is A Jar, Event Magazine, Gargoyle Magazine, Genre Urban Arts, Gravitas, Kansas City Voices, Meat For Tea: The Valley Review, the minnesota review, Night Picnic Journal, Prairie Schooner, Reality Break Press, Southword among others and appears in numerous online literary journals. You can read more of her work at https://rc-dewinter.pixels.com/

Twitter: @RCdeWinter