i have always wanted to be

some of you may recognise
these small musing
from the weasels den at eoti
where many of my lifes aspirations
viz a viz 
gainful employment
have been written
looks like i have
to start a new
series
here goes

i have always wanted to be....

a recluse

I wouldn’t live in a cave tho

or wear a loincloth

or grow a straggly beard

and run about bare

chested

no sir

not me



I would rather be a

stay at home recluse

and have hot showers

and cooked food

I don’t understand

why reclusiveness

need be a bedfellow

of the slovenly and unkempt

tis beyond me



the phone can ring

and ring

unanswered

as I sit in silence

arm’s length away

mail remains unopened

relegated to the paper

recycle bin

even the Jehovah’s witnesses

would turn dejected

door knock ignored

to seek souls unsaved

in climes more clement



lawns un-mowed

and abode foreboding

discouraging dare you to

neighbourhood kids

from retrieving errant balls batted

and booted

over unpainted fences of

corrugated cutting edges



a crusty

curmudgeon

miserable malfeasant

mentally unstable

sans guests

save the city meter reader

or council compliance complainers

yep

languishing living lonely life

lost

or only half lived

a recluse is the job

for me