Re-Booting Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Where have you been?

'Re-booting.'

Re...
What?

'Re-booting.
I don't keep that stuff downloaded.
To discover I've run out of space.
Space I intended to save for myself.
No.
I have to cleanse my mind,
As often as I can.
Before an unneeded attitude shuts me down.
I've learned to catch myself,
And take heed to the signs to prevent it.
With an admitting to myself of this...
A doing it refreshes and a lot less expensive,
Than getting a complete system overhaul.'

How do you know it is time to re-boot?

'When I begin to notice,
My doctor and I start our conversations...
About the petty nonsense I hear from my neighbors.
And I get a bill charging me for the visits,
To only realize we have not discussed my medical concerns...
At all.
Yet I am prescribed medications to take.'

And...
After you re-boot?
What do you notice?

'A clarity of mind to find.
And a need not to see my doctor as often.
Although I'm sure he misses the payments I make.'