Bucket List

I daydreamed
a different idea
for a Bucket List,
wherein there are
multiple buckets,

each containing
Intentions to
Act on Desires
nurtured by an
Imagination
custom designed for
me.

(You have one, too.)

There’s a bucket for
Good Works,
there’s a bucket for
Play,
a bucket for
Work
I can’t seem to
shirk.

There’s a bucket marked
“Divine,”
and one marked
“Just for Fun,”

a bucket for
Giving
and one for
Receiving.

I thought of
dividing them
further,

the Holy Ones
on the right,
the mundane or
simply pleasurable
on the left,
beginning with
the obvious:

Giving
on the Right,
Receiving
on the Left.
Heavenly
on the Right,
Earthly
on the Left.

But then my
Imagination
was overcome by
a Vision,

of an Angel
dispatched to
apprehend me.

“My friend,” said
The Messenger,

“You’re wasting precious
Time to Play.”

Then she laughed,
and proceeded to
kick my buckets
until everything was

One Holy Mess.

(Photo by Ella Ivanescu; UnSplash)