Making It Up As I Go Along #428

I Used to Swallow Cheese
I used to swallow cheese.
Cut from the block.
Bend it slowly by the slice.
Watching the stress fractures tear.
Imagining fissures on the land
As an earthquake separates continents.

I’d examine the torn sections.
Viewing jagged orange cheddar
Seeing seaside cliffs.

And from this I’d pluck.
Jagged shards into cartoon crumb-like pieces.
The ones taken by cartoon mice.
Swallowed whole.
Going down cartoon throats as a lump.

With meal done.
The mice hop aboard thread spool wheeled cars.
And drive home to the hole.
There behind the living room chair.
Beating the cat by an inch.
And retiring to matchbox beds.

Wishing for the mouse adventures.
Imagining the wondrous wall world of theirs.
I take my crumb shards of earthquake dislodged cheddar boulders
From the side of the sea cliffs.
And I pop them in.
One by one.
Barely tasting them with each swallow.
But imagining the cheese lump in my cartoon mouse throat.

This is the reason why.
When it comes to cheese.
That no crumb is left behind.
And proves beyond doubt.
Sometimes it’s best.
To play with your food.

MONDAY...
— Work alone. Mark is in tonight too... and Nichole for a while... but I’m alone in one section largely due to a computer acting up and a lazy individual whose job it is to make sure things are running smoothly. Apparently, only after cigarettes and chit chats.
— Star Trek in HD after I get home. A relaxing end to the night.

TUESDAY...
— Best game of ball I’ve played since my knee injury. More mobile and quicker... even ran the bases with a bit of aggressiveness. Work until 1:00 AM to make up for the ball playing. Goes alright.

WEDNESDAY...
— Work six of the eight hours. Leave at nine as I’m tired and just not up to going further.
— Bingeing on Mad Men. Best TV show going. Shannon gave me a copy of season three on Saturday and I’m already past the half way point.

THURSDAY...
— Stayed home today. Just feeling run down and got a headache so I decided not to force things. Some TV and video games was about the extent of it all today.

FRIDAY...
— Back to work. Annick and I hit the chip wagon for supper and I go for groceries after work is done. Watch a movie before work. Away We Go is solid. Has some iffy moments but a fine movie to watch overall. I’d give it 3.5 out of 5.

SATURDAY...
— Some anxiety through much of the day. Then off to Sarah’s wedding in the country. There for the half hour of the ceremony... then left for the city. Downtown to see Karl at the Art Gallery. He sold five or six paintings tonight and I see several co-workers there as well as we catch up with Karl.
— Going home is delayed as I try driving past the Prime Minister’s residence on Sussex and some guy, a half hour earlier, lit a fire in front of the building... getting arrested. The area was blocked off when I drove by, and I had to detour around it.