Yep, that’s the Writer’s Digest prompt. Back to work tomorrow, so I’ll try to use up the spare mental energy while I can. Oh! and post something besides poetry so I can catch up for Project 365 and on a deeper level, show that I notice other things during April. The poem will be up (I hope) before midnight.

So We Decided to Boldly Go

My children are grown and gone and

the thing that gets me most is that I

can’t go to the movies alone. I never had to before

and I ask you,

yes, you the judgmental one in the front row

for this poem if you’ve done it. Ah. I thought so.

So my children grew up seeing  sci-fi movies

and I learned far too much

about the Olson twins and all things Disney.

I just found out yesterday that Radio Disney

is actually broadcast over the air.

So there you go.

I’m out of the loop. Still,

I want to see the new Star Trek Movie

and may have to take desperate measures

like getting out,

boldly going where no over-fifty girl-geek

has gone before, meeting people my own age,

making friends and hearing my own advice

fall from the lips of children.