I'll Have The Usual

“I’ll have the usual…

a ham on rye with a cup of java…

a war to end all wars…

a woman who says she loves me,

takes everything I own.

You know, the list, the usual

things I do 

so my life can be happy

like a machine that runs noiselessly.

I’ll have the usual ups and downs,

changes of moods, elations, 

doubts and insecurities.

I sometimes wonder 

if it could be different.

I’ll have the usual

birth, old age, sickness and. death…

hold the emotions.”