to-do list

Unpack the groceries.
Pay the electric bill.
Throw out the old nectarines rotting in the fruit bowl.
Vacuum the dog hair from the couch.
Clean the muffin pan from Saturday.
Take the trash out.
Get that last load in the wash.

Now forget all that.
Loosen the knots in your spine.
Unwrap the tightness in your chest.
Unfasten the weight from your shoulders.
Distentangle the ropy chords of your voice.
Ignore your expectations.
Suspend your disbelief.
Deliberate only
which song you want to sing,
and whether the window is open wide enough
to let it out.