Hobbies and Habits

You were asked to share particular hobbies.

“Fish,” you said.

“Fishing?” someone asked.

“No, fish.”

Had you been sewing, you would have just pricked your finger.

Had you been hiking, you would have just fallen from a cliff.

One of your habits is not answering the phone.

That’s not a hobby, it’s a habit.

It’s not fishing, either.

Both bad habits, actually.

And when you do answer your phone

you spout things nobody fully understands.

We all hold there on the other end of the line

hoping for elucidations, corrections,

confused when you speak and similarly confused when you are silent.

--Mitchell Hegman