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| Ignore a timer going off at your own peril |
When a recipe says 20 minutes
Prep, shouldn’t three times that
Recipe be only 1 hour instead of
Six? I get other things done
When I’m between stages and
Manage to fit in some YouTubing
While chopping up the veggies.
Still it takes so much more
Time. I obviously gained little
From exposure to the time-study
Methods ubiquitous in postal
Work, my accidental profession—
By abstention from seeking
More suitable, fulfilling work.
Every other job paid so much
Less and I couldn’t make the
Sacrifices necessary to get by
On what corporations X’s were
Willing to pay. Plus I’ve
Always been easily distracted,
Now more so. Like a lot of
Elderly I will find myself in
One room of the house doing
One thing when I came into
The room for a totally other
Purpose. Rather than call it
“Forgetfulness” I title it
“Efficiency in situ” (doing
What’s called for in the
Immediate vicinity). No sense
In wondering what it was you
Came for, that would have
You back in another room
Trying to remember something
Else and feeling guilty about a
Task you just forsook. It’s
Not always that bad if you make
Notes, and better, if you take
Them with you. Right now
I’m listing things for sale on
Craigslist: taking a picture,
Transferring it to the computer,
Write up the ad, and only then
Recall they want the measurements.
So where’s the tape measure? I
Had it here for the last item. Did
I leave it upstairs? No problem
I’ll find it on my way to the
Bathroom, which takes me
Passed the dishes that need
Washing but I can’t stop for
That now. What’s that burning
Odor? The casserole in the
Stove for which I had set a
Timer but when it went off
I decided, since I was on a roll,
I’d take it out a couple of
Minutes later, but I didn’t.
Too much on my mind or not
Enough? I’m not a multi-tasker.
Never was, never will be. Glad
I don’t chew gum. Walking down
The street is hard enough. Oh,
Yes, the casserole!
c. J.S.Manista, 2016
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