Going Anywhere?
Sometimes I walk towards a destination,
but mostly I just walk,
imitating the universe.
I like to think I’m comfortable going nowhere,
but still, my skin warms a little when people say:
“Where’re you off?”
and I say, slightly too nonchalantly, : “Oh, nowhere.”
I used to sit at home wondering where I could go,
what excuse, I could give myself
for setting out to wander nowhere:
A new toothbrush (second of the week),
yet another tin of beans for the corner cupboard.
Now I’m cockier:
I buy my third newspaper of the day,
but feel no need to forage bread and milk.
I ask myself as I walk,
why I need a purpose.
The only answer my mind will provide,
is that I do.
I pull myself to my full height,
stride out confidently,
telling myself I’m going nowhere.
But then that little voice begins to whisper,
that maybe there’s no shampoo in the bathroom,
and surely I need stamps,
and wouldn’t it be wise to fit,
just one more wholemeal loaf in the freezer?
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