I would tear
but I have people to call.
I would choke
but I have things to do.
I would weep
but I have places to go.

I have responsibilities.
I have appointments to keep.
I have a myriad of items requiring my personal attention
There’s a schedule,
a series of dominoes that must fall
and I must watch them
else nothing else gets done.

I have no time to think
or process
or go over the events.
Things must get done
– I must get them.
All must happen as anticipated.

There is a foot
to put
In front of the other.

That is what I have to do.
That is all I have to do
until
I can think of something else.