urban existence

each week

now offers a solid block of 90 hours
free from work

while my 4-day block of work
spans 78 hours

i am resting a great deal
dissipating a bit too much

while i watch my head readjust
to the idea that the primary focus of life

is not to work
but rather

to live

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i am curious

will my spirit and body
come back into balance

without one pushing the other mercilessly
and the other no doubt filling with resentment

will this rebellious chi
return to the fold

and give me something to work with
on these long long weekends

a hobby even
a yoga class?

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or will i just become another pale burque ghost
shuttered in his basement all winter

saggy of skin
paranoid of the light of day

where too long overworked
the fire is found retired

to burn only in the dark of nothingness

leaving me chronically ill and dorkish
with vegan dyspepsia

certainly frightened
of any and all relationships