Scrabbled Day

I tinker with my obligations
before the day begins
shuffling them like Scrabble tiles
considering their perfect placement
on my game-board of hours

plan my drives
to count both ways
combine lists for family and work
to do double duty –
like using X to make OX and AX

pray each move will be efficient
and that I finish well
like placing Q
on TRIPLE LETTER SCORE
followed by U, I, T,
emptying my tray with S
on DOUBLE WORD SCORE
– a microcosm of Your
miraculous multiplication
of my efforts.

Copyright © 2004 by Violet Nesdoly

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Now that we’re back into the fall schedule, life again takes on some of the multitasking challenges of, say, Scrabble. This poem was first published in Calendar.