by Mary E. Lowd
Sometimes my life feels like a budget
I need to balance
Allocating hours
To some activities, at the expense of others
Trying to optimize
My time
Read a book or watch a show
Watch a show or write a book
Can I spare forty minutes
On a new show I might hate
Will I have time to watch all the way
Through fifteen seasons of my favorite show
More than once again?
Or even once…
Can I measure my life
In seasons
That are twenty-two episodes long?