I laid me body stomach down atop a grassy knoll...

here at Highland Manor Apartments

earlier today Juneteenth 2022,
(a pitch perfect spring day)

with serious intent to read

seat of the pants suspense thriller
The New Comprehensive

A-Z Crossword Dictionary.

Invariably, yours truly

quickly experienced drowsiness,

succumbed to deep sleep

and dreamt being linkedin

with livingsocially off the grid

among ecological, liberal, social minded

people progressive in act, deed, and thought

versus participating in consumerist paradigm.

As a conscious conscientious counterpart

the missus shops with a conscience

and yours truly considers her price savvy

when she purchases groceries

at ALDI, Giant, LIDL, or other supermarket.

Impossible mission to adopt modus operandi,

whereby wife would entertain notion to husband

energy garnering fruits and vegetables

courtesy sweat equity

since we lack basic homesteading skills,
nor consider either of us

adequately financially solvent
to contact compatible intentional community

since requisite criteria

require a healthy monetary stash of money.

Unlikely substantial windfall will appear out of the blue,

nor grandiose wish to draw winning lottery ticket,

thus sobering truth to burnish marketable skills

finds me seek assistance
courtesy office of vocational rehabilitation in general

and counselor Donna Marchese in particular,

which most likely entails

securing training to learn Microsoft Office Applications.

More precisely, some familiarity exists
regarding understanding computer software

since admission of foolhardiness

now averred how countless golden opportunities

slipped thru these ofttimes sweaty fingers.

Though never successfully completed,

received funding back in the day from:

CETA, O(ffice) of V(ocational) R(ehabilitation)

twice before whereby

the former and/or latter program

allocated unspecified dollars
(poor Ray McNeil, the first OVR counselor,

whose tiresome love's labour's lost for naught)

in an effort to acquire gainful employment,

which in all honesty sabotaged

cause of that bugaboo severe social anxiety

more specifically diagnosed

as schizoid personality disorder;

no shame to admit mental health crisis.