to be bored
is to be restless
impatient
can’t-sit-still
a dull sort of pause
counting those
drip
   drip
     d
       r
         i
           p
             s
until you lose track
and you listen
to the people –
     the dogs –
       the cars –
outside
wishing you were somewhere else
with someone else
where it wasn’t
     just
       you