One of Those Days

When I woke up this morning

it was drizzling--

the first drizzle in months.

I got out of bed

and put on a sweater

for the first time in months

and took the dog for a walk.

It started to pour

And my teeth chattered.

The dog was soaked and the sweater,

drenched,

now clung to my body

as if trying to warm itself

against my cold

wet skin.

I walked upstairs

To our apartment,

my hair plastered to my scalp.

The dog shook and I could hear her tags

rubbing against each other.

I’m going to sit on the couch all day

and watch football

and eat popcorn

and drink cocoa

and later maybe

we’ll watch a movie.

I brewed some coffee and soon

our little apartment--

our first apartment—

smelled

of wet dog and coffee.

I woke up before you did for a change

so I thought I’d write you a note

and say that

it’s going to be that kind of day.

My favorite kind of day.

all rights reserved. Justin W. Price, copyright 2011

PDXKaraokeGuy, also known as Justin W. Price, is an author with Sweatshoppe Publications, which will soon re-release his poetry collection, Digging to China. Additionally, the managing editor at eFiction horror and The New Bridge online newspaper.. Husband to Andrea, father to two dogs. writer.poet.baseball fan. tattooed. He is am amateur theologian with a rabid sweet tooth. He resides in a suburb of Portland, Oregon.He has a poetry book available for Amazon Kindle, and also maintains a blog, FirstBlog. His work has been featured in the Crisis Chronicles, efiction Magazine, The Hellroaring Review, the Bellwether Review, eFiction Humor, and the Rusty Nail. Please visit his profile page for more information. Thanks!