Close Shave

I almost broke the thread of haiku

last night.

Not because I was gone,

busy,
or had experienced a breakdown
of technology.

No, I simply lost track of time!

 

Tim was on a field trip.

He'd taken a couple guys to North Platte

 to see the train yard.

They were delighted.

Said it was everything

 - and more -

they could have expected.

 

I had to work this morning which

normally sends me to

bed at a very reasonable hour on a Friday night.

 

I was on the phone with my mother around 8:00.

Finished with her and picked up

the book I've been trying to finish,

intending to read for maybe an hour.

Maybe a little longer...

But the next thing I knew the clock said

11:45!!

My first thought was that the alarm was going

to ring awfully early the next morning.

Then I remembered there had been

no poem posted for the day!!

 

Yikes!!

I put something together - just made it.

The time stamp says 11:56.