Making It Up As I Go Along #624

Vine Bombs

The borders of my yard are vined

They’ve snaked from under neighbours fence

Writhing along the ground

Finding legs of furniture

Pushing up to flowers

Sneaking up to the air conditioner

They intertwine

Braiding themselves into dominance

In and out of the AC vents

I must start at the bottom

Yanking and pulling away

Undoing what has been knit

Encircling the furniture

Climbing a leg

Colonizing the back

I pull it away each day

Undoing the last days viney journey

And invading the flower beds

Using flowery stems and twigs

Strangling them as it climbs up

Breaking the flowery canopy

This is where I’m most careful

Tracing backwards towards the ground

Trying to distinguish vine from flower

Careful not to snip the wrong wire

Not wanting to blow up my flower bed

Sweat drips down my forehead

As the tension builds

While the vine fuse burns 

Ever closer to explosion

A race against time

Before my flowers become no more.

MONDAY…

--- Holiday Monday.  Nothing special planned though.  Just a pretty easy going home day.  I enjoy my house and neighbourhood too much sometimes.  The motivation to go out doing stuff is often just not there.

TUESDAY…

--- Work is fairly normal.

WEDNESDAY…

--- First game of ball in a month.  I take it pretty easy.  Wrap the calf, play 1st base, and have a courtesy runner after each hit.  Things feel good, no feeling of strain or weakness… but by the end of the game, my calf is getting tired.  Of course, the fact it was a 90 minute game didn’t help.  

THURSDAY…

--- Lunch across with Shannon.  Haven’t done that in a while… good way to break up work a bit.

--- Order a Gabriel’s Pizza tonight. Haven’t had one in ages.  Six months at least.  

FRIDAY…

--- Switch to evening shift for tonight.  It’s nice… quiet and few distractions.  I’d say I’m pretty open for business when it comes to switching shifts with people.  Doesn’t do my social life any favours but nice to be away from the distractions of day shift.

SATURDAY…

--- Lazy day at home.  I feel like I should go out walking but keep getting distracted by baseball and movies on TV.  Next thing I know, it’s past supper time when I’m ready to walk… and the problem with that is mosquitos could pick me up and fly away with me at that time of day… so I stay in.

SUNDAY…

--- Get the walk in today… after the baseball game.  Lots of birds on the go for pictures.