“There isn’t time enough, my friends–”

The Poem
You Want a Social Life, with Friends - Kenneth Koch

You want a social life, with friends.
A passionate love life and as well
To work hard every day. What’s true
Is of these three you may have two
And two can pay you dividends
But never may have three.

There isn’t time enough, my friends–
Though dawn begins, yet midnight ends–
To find the time to have love, work, and friends.
Michelangelo had feeling
For Vittoria and the Ceiling
But did he go to parties at day’s end?

Homer nightly went to banquets
Wrote all day but had no lockets
Bright with pictures of his Girl.
I know one who loves and parties
And has done so since his thirties
But writes hardly anything at all.

The Beverage

Angry Orchard Crisp Apple

I didn’t purchase this, but a six-pack appeared in the apartment because my roommate’s sister’s boyfriend left it behind after a family weekend. I had one over ice tonight. It’s not boutique or unique or even very interesting, but it was an enjoyable nightcap over ice with the Sunday night apartment gang. That is, me, my roommate, and our friend/neighbor/teacher-on-my-team. We sit around and let the dread of Sunday Scaries sweep over us. Angry Orchard Crisp Apple pairs beautifully with that!