Part of Two Writing Teachers Slice of Life

It’s too late to slice
It’s too late
There’s no time to tell you
even a
seed
of a moment

I was going to tell you about the girl who exclaimed,
You have an UNO lunchbox?
and I had to dissapoint her by showing her that no, it was just a lunchbox that says POW!
She had been so excited
And now I want an UNO lunchbox

Oh – and there were the boys
lined up
perpendicular to the recess door
like a race starting line
a few minutes before the whistle blew
jut waiting
What time is it?
they yelled after I asked them why they didn’t want to
enjoy the last few minutes of recess
It was 1:59

But it’s too late now
Too late even
for those mini moments

I can’t write about how I was going to go to bed early
but my to do list said
Nope
Nope
Nope
Double Nope

And now my dog is curled on the couch
squeezing me in
and there’s no time to tell you
even a bit about his wrinkly neck