poem of the day September 7 

It was to be the greatest collection

of meaningless but addicting

time consuming distractions 

ever auctioned at a procrastination sale

A collection of lethargy meticulously assembled 

over many generations of dilly-dally 

It included both the common modern stuff

like facebook, ticktok, twitter and instagram

along with examples of rare antique distractions

Hard to find mostly forgotten time wasting treasures

such as telephone pole counting

incessant solitary card shuffling

impulsive checking of pocket watches

and my personal favorite 

one I am planning to bid on

a mid-century time wasting masterpiece

A complete set of People magazines