Glutton for Punishment

This is my first 30 poems in 30 days entry.   Still seeking donors.  Have rewards. 

I bicker…                 

I write…

I read…

            Decide to turn dolphins

            into my new book's abolitionists.

           

            Plan plot twists

                        to reach 50,000

                                    while wrangling other writers

toward the same goal.

Research sea mammals

at Barnes & Noble.

feeling like an indie bookstore

patriot turned bloody back

especially after buying a Christmas card.

            Forgive as card is a random act of kindness

            en route to a boy the medical industrial complex

            deems inches from death.

                        Hope personal defiance of such predictions

is transferable via postal service.

Pray the angels pay attention to wishes

sent to strangers in the mail.

Come home.
Write poem.
Add words to Nanowrimo novel.
Don’t even press a single key
in pursuit of November chapbook challenge victory.

Know that each day in November
will begin behind the eight ball.