Like Pulling Teeth

Sometimes The Tank Is On Empty

John O'Neill
ILLUMINATION

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Energy level low
Perhaps biorhythms to blame
Makes as much sense as anything else for my condition

Mid-winter blues
Something to that as well
Bitter cold
Then warm for two days
Snow then rain then ice
Cycle repeats

Putin doing his macho jingoist thing
The Olympics hold no interest
My favorite professional sports team going nowhere this year
Some tease at success
But they eventually sink to their natural level of mediocrity
Even the university sports teams at my alma mater
Are approaching performance lows

Books major support over the years
Even they don’t hold the same appeal
Hundreds of television channels
Streaming services for every taste
All seem blah to me
Source of momentary diversion at best

Writing on Medium is akin to tedium
False start one after another
Stillbirths and deservedly so
Feels like…

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John O'Neill
ILLUMINATION

Retired human services executive, living in Massachusetts near Boston, trying to be a better human being each day than the day before.