Simplicity

we went camping over the weekend,

up in the mountains with the wolves,

we have a little pop-up camper,

it is nice,

it feels like the clubhouse

you always wanted as a kid,

but could never have;

it’s got a little refrigerator and

an air conditioner,

but we didn’t need it,

it was cold and rainy,

but that was okay,

we played cards,

kind of like the early days in Hawaii,

when we were young and broke

with two little babies,

cards were all we could afford,

so we’d play night after endless night,

occasionally watching the little black and white television

we bought at the base exchange,

three channels were all we could get,

that was all we ever needed,

now we spend thousands of dollars,

travel hundreds of miles,

living in an oversized box

just to find the simplicity

of those younger days,

when we were poor,

but too stupid

to realize it;

of course we’re a little too old

for sex in a box,

but we manage

the best we can;

and that’s ok too.

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