Chillin’ In

It’s cool here in the tiny space
In which I work; outside, less so.
It’s Friday, so I’ll have to face
The furnace soon, and I don’t know
Quite how I feel about the fact
That working late’s attractive when
I’m still processing the impact
Of finding Fridays more fun “in.”
I guess it means I’m older than
I was, and maybe less a fool?
Of this I’m sure, though: Boy or man,
I’m still obsessed with being cool!

The Piper’s Invoice

Two Mondays in a single week
Have left me shuddering and lost.
Two Fridays, too, made it less bleak–
TG2F–but at what cost?
Tuesday will not appreciate
The slight, nor Thor glad yield his day.
Wednesday alone sloughs off the weight
Of workday stress; the rest? No way.
As now from weekend heat we cringe
Take comfort in the karmic rule:
Two Fridays in a week’s a binge,
So one warm weekend should be cool.