In Which I Indulge My Dork-adence

My chores are done, though there is more to do

(There always is, no?) and as this cool day

Is my last off for this week, I eschew

More toil and opt instead to go and lay

In my yard swing and relax, drink and read.

I've pomegranate tea and Richard Holmes'

The Age of Wonder. Envy me indeed!

I've liberty to dream as my mind roams

Across the stars and seas alongside such

As Joseph Banks and Herschel, Mungo Park

And Humphrey Davy. I enjoy so much

These chances just to read 'til it gets dark.

And once the sun is down I've still the hope

Of stargazing with my small telescope.