Easter research

White Elephant

 My contribution to a punny white elephant gift exchange.

My Tomorrow Self

My tomorrow self will take care

of that email I should write.

Those thank-you notes, too,

she’ll totally send those.

My tomorrow self has resources

and understanding that I do not.

She has slept better.

My tomorrow self knows just what to do

re: that thorny question

I can’t decide about.

This project? I’m not sure how to start it.

It’s okay, though,

my tomorrow self’s got it covered.

I’ll just surf the internet

and wait for her to show up

with the answers.

My tomorrow self never snoozes the alarm

and always goes for her morning run.

Tomorrow self does the dishes, too,

and doesn’t mind them.

She likes doing all the things

that I just can’t face.

Yesterday self, though—

what a jerk.

She left a big mess

for me to clean up.

Thank goodness

my tomorrow self

will handle that for me.