Time to Write a Poem

April 12, 2022 Today's Surprise

Today's Surprise

Each morning's routine
rise, make bed, prepare
coffee, feed Molly,
offer thanks in prayer,

today's weather check,
then plan my day,
often repeated tasks
including some play.

Wonder of it is,
there's always something,
a call or moment,
the plan doesn't bring.

I just got a call
that made me holler.
I owe IRS
eight thousand dollars!
                    ~~Judi Van Gorder

Notes ▶︎

The Prompt: "April 12 Poem--The unexpected..."  

Verse form: Quatrains, 5 syllable lines with alternate rhyme.

I was going to use a surprise call I got yesterday from someone I haven't talked to for at least 20 years, we talked for an hour. So fun BUT, Literally, an unexpected phone call came from my accountant as I was completing the 2nd to last stanza. Being self-employed I pay estimated quarterly and I thought I was all paid up. But apparently, I made more last year, and working from home my expenses were less.

Addendum, CPA called back 15 minutes later, he made a mistake, I only own $1249. Thank you Lord! But that amount doesn't fit my syllable count so I left the poem alone with the shock and awe I felt until the 2nd phone call.