Settling In Gently by R.A.Davis

On Avoidance My to-do checklist multiplies like protozoa osmosises and mitosises into       things to procure       things to discard       debts to pay       mundane tasks The list glares at me from my phone       an unblinking eye             a high pitched tinnitus of             adult obligations.       so I subvert my list,             add nonsense: "sit in the sun: five minutes." "sample 3 kinds of chocolate." "draw a seabird." "sketch a mad genius." So between the sandpaper-on-bone tasks       of "callthebank" I can dutifully check off whimsey accomplish nonsense procrastinate responsibly       and with great satisfaction             avoid the doing by doing       and play a counter-harmony ...