Writing in Snow

Saturday Poem and Gratitude List

Jalál (Glory), 9 Bahá (Splendor) 177 B.E. Saturday, March 28, 2020

Getting Out of Your Rut1

Has social distancing
put you in a rut.

You don't have to get out of the house
to get out of your rut,
all you have to do is get up
and chase the mouse
through the house.

What?
You don't have a mouse
in your house!

In that case I suggest
you do what my mother
and grandmother always did
when they were in a rut:
rearrange
the furniture.

Gratitude List for 9 Baha

Today I am thankful ...
          ...that my Bank of America checking account is not overdrawn today.
          ...for fresh brewed coffee on this chilly spring morning.
          ...that I have 804 points in my Survey Junkie account.
          ...for the chocolate cake I have to go with my coffee.
          ...that I have 16,800 points in my YouGov account.
          ...for the deviled eggs and crackers I had for lunch.
          ...that I called the power company yesterday. The managed to get my current bill down to $88.77.
          ...for the chilly dogs I had for dinner.
          ...that I have 1,105,937 GPs in my Gift Points account.
          ...for the merit badge I received today.

Footnotes
1  I posted this in Poet 999 - A Butterfly Emerges from Her Cocoon https://poet999.blogspot.com/2020/03/getting-out-of-your-rut.html.