Prayer

dear god:

please give me a remote for my brain

I can't think when it's so loud

I can't think when there's too many things I keep forgetting to do

I can't find the things I meant to think about

and I'm afraid I'll never dig them out

too busy trying to clear away enough trash so I can see sunlight

but they dump it faster than I can shovel

my to-do list is full of wishes

and dreams

and what I forgot to buy at the grocery store yesterday

it was eggs