The big orange O

On the stage with lettered kids

Sports funny faces

The work hubbub slows

LIghts dim and papers flutter

My list and I spar

The colored boxes

Drive the technology bus

Hey, they are moving

As the room emptied

The stress crashed onto the floor

I kicked it with glee

School project looming

Scissors slash fabric, paper

Remnants dress the floor

Haunted by work thoughts

I awoke in mental muck

The day washed away

We snuck out from work

A Downtown to Uptown trek

Mingled over drinks

It finally came

A memory locked away

Winter’s wind sliced back

Arctic shield wardrobe

Unsightly hats, gloves, scarves, boots

Vogue Minnesota

Phones wired to walls

Now connections are carried

Defying distance