INSURANCE RUNS

If you have lost your life
Without noticing it
Somewhere in your
forties
Or misplaced it perhaps in childhood,
That casualty does not
appear on the schedule. . .

From “A Schedule of Benefits,” by John N. Morris

This poem appeared in POETRY magazine in 1981 and caught my eye from the pages of The POETRY Anthology, I’m not really sure why…probably just the mood I’m in. Honestly, I didn’t mean to put the evil eye on Posada when he sat out a few games due to back spasms… looks like he avulsed his hamstring muscle his first game back. Guess that puts me ahead in the race to get back to work.