For a sum total of an hour today, I didn’t think of you
Instead, for 20 minutes, I thought about my mother and how frail she sometimes seems as I watched her walk haltingly from the truck to the restaurant. For 5 minutes, I wondered why I hadn’t gone to the gym today and if I could sneak in a bike ride before the champagne brunch regatta tomorrow. Then for about 10 minutes I thought about who I need to buy holiday presents for and rearranged who would get what I have already bought. And for about another 15 minutes, I concentrated on a work project that I’ve been wanting to finish. The 10 remaining minutes of the hour that I did not think about you today, I contemplated a sculpture that I want to buy and place in front of the LaLa.