The following piece can be found on page 76 of Alive & 65 by Palgrave’s Carol Good. The book is available at Forster’s Book Garden in Bolton.
Oh look
another task on the list
to fix, to find
to finally finish
Something, anything
just do it
becomes
just get it done
Shifting weight
from challenging stretch
to another spin of the
hamster wheel
So much energy
and noise
so little
forward progress
Like a hostage
dreams of
respite and solace
refuge
In a cabin
deep
in the woods
a hamster on the lam
