It's nice to have a somewhere to go
rather than nowhere
the weekend's end
not that it matters to a bachelor
who reloads the larder,
cleans a bit,
maybe gets a haircut,
gets in some exercise.
Better to go somewhere
without having to pay to belong.

The school year's started,
the kids, the strivers,
the competitive, the ambitious,
are back
walking purposefully through the town.
Summer vacations are gone.
They played Casablanca
on an outdoor screen in Dupont Circle,
and I ended up,
breaking my rule,
having pizza
then dragging home
while everybody else who wanted to
made love however they wished.