Bob Lucky
Deadlines
After decades of following a set schedule, I’m free of deadlines. Even the faux deadlines I set for myself are ignored. I set the wake-up alarm for the pleasure of ignoring it. The three pounds I was going to lose last month are with me still, faithful as old dogs. Of course, I’ll have to die on time, by definition. I imagine a deadline means something different to the old hit man than it does to most of us.
a pot of tea
on the windowsill
all day
wet leaves rotting
on the lawn
About the Author
Bob Lucky‘s books include My Wife & Other Adventures (Red Moon Press, 2024), My Thology: Not Always True But Always Truth (Cyberwit, 2019) and Conversation Starters in a Language No One Speaks (SurVision Books, 2018), a winner of the 2018 James Tate Poetry Prize. Lucky lives in Portugal, where he is working his way through all the regional cheeses and wines.