Yesterday, a crescent moon and Joe Wilder

Some might say a perfect day

Lou Reed, for example

Superficially, it was

The concerns of a parent obviate perfection

Still, there is no denying the moon and Joe Wilder

At bedtime, an email from a friend 

Causing me to chuckle, and maybe a little more

It was good day

I'll say—a nearly perfect day

~

In reflection, now, the mirror says something else

Be reflective, it says, of your experiece

It is fine to give thanks, to tally accounts

Keep going, complete the picture as best you can

~

As best I can recall, it started in 1953

Perhaps that is going back too far

It may have started in second grade, the first experience

Of stepping out of myself

It could be any number of conversations and phone calls

In which bad news was conveyed

Bad news in the past causing thankfulness in the present, now

Some of each, the curse of self-awareness

Coupled with reality