to stay on the sunny side
and always assume everything's
going to go your way.
Why even think about that day
when your car will not start
because, last night, the rats moved in
and chewed your engine wires to bits?
In just the same way,
you've got to keep waking up
and insisting on using your
heart to make the key decisions,
always presuming
it hasn't yet rotted—like a June peach
shrinks around its
pit—in your sleep.
