Lethargy

It’s defined as  a “state of prolonged torpor or inactivity, inertness of body or mind,” 

It’s definitely settling in…I should be cleaning and oiling the teak decks… I should be dropping my laundry off at the Dockmaster’s office…

Instead, I am simply relaxing. Or maybe learning to relax for the first time in my life. Key West is working its magic on me.

So – with apologies to Keats for the uneven meter – here’s an Ode to Indolence that I composed this afternoon:

One day as I lay idle and serene,

Indolence subsumed my blissful scene.

I thought of tasks that I had yet to do,

But quickly took a more lethargic view.

In fact, it’s just too hard to lift my pen;

I doubt that I will ever strive again.

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It’s a good thing we’re scheduled to leave here on the 8th. This could become a permanent condition.