There Are Just Too Many Unfinished Business Poem by RIC BASTASA

if for a time you get bored
for all sorts of reasons
try being busy avoiding all
the resting places of idleness

there are just too many unfinished
business. Reinvent yourself.
Change the world.
Plant the trees.
Sow the seeds.
Clean the rivers and
Sift the seas.
Try the herculean side of
things.

after which you wish
you have the nine lives of a cat
or even
the ten heads of the dragon
where finally you find
a cave to be alone
to restore
your fire.

or a fence
where you can sit
in the manner of a cat
watching dogs pass by
and feeling
safe that you are
on a high place.
Safe and sound.