listening to talk of “bucket lists”
places they want to visit
long ago we shared our bucket list adventures
not
actually
going anywhere, no.
but talking about them.
seemed rational, if not feasible.
I’d sent away for this catalogue
this Antarctic adventures catalogue.
came once a year and lived in the downstairs bathroom.
I mean.
we were living in our stay put forever house.
why not think about forever plans?
I haven’t really thought about Antarctica in a long time.
sometimes it creeps in
I push it away.
far away as it seems.
The Salty Widow 