Spring Break...2 little words but together equals a nice respite from real life. This week has been very much needed! I am home alone during the day- Molly's school is not on break until after Easter, so I have no one to answer to but myself. My "To Do List" is long but stuff is getting re-prioritized and/or crossed off. And yes- I have been know to add things to the list that I already did JUST to be able to cross it off. Anyone else do that too?

This week's OSI prompt is EQUALS- so here is my poetic interpretation... Check out the other poets' work at OSI


She breezes from her house to her sporty little red convertible,
designer heels click-clacking,
a cloud of perfume left in her wake.
She hops in, adjusts her mirror and her sunglasses,
patting her perfectly golden coiffed hair into place,
music on as she backs down her long, winding driveway,
apprehensive about what the morning will hold...


She dons last-year's too small thrift shop jacket
mindful of the stains and missing buttons,
as she digs into her tattered purse for some change for the bus.
As she trudges towards the bus stops
through the graffiti scarred and garbage strewn neighborhood,
she stops and runs her fingers through her dirty blond hair
capturing it in a ponytail,
apprehensive about what the morning will hold...


Both sit next to each other lost in their own thoughts
but equals in thinking about the same things,
equals in being nervous about their morning's plans,
as their names are called simultaneously
to discuss their cancer treatment options.