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

air conditioner,

although we didn’t need it,

it was cold and rainy,

but that was okay,

we played cards,

like the early days in Hawaii,

when we were young and broke,

with two little babies

and cards were all we could afford,

so we’d play night after endless night,

occasionally watching the little B&W 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 old

for sex in a box,

but we manage the best

we can;

and that’s ok too.

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