From Writing Notebook 2021, published in 2022.

947.
Lies on the sofa
eyes closed but he’s wide awake
blank-faced and sweating
12/15/21

948.
Golf and client lunch.
Business and a Cobb salad.
One-putt all the greens.
12/15/21

949.
Lunch box and a book
Sad poetry, a pear, tears
He skips work again
12/15/21