holiday gift suggestions for consideration. Josh D'Elia take notice

my slippers are torn at the heels,

the left more-so than the right,

and who knows why.

and that ballpoint pen I like?

the one with the mermaid

(now you see them now you don't)

floating in the barrel?

well, its ink has dried-out, and poetry

hasn't been the same since.

I could use some Band-Aid

plastic strips, too.

I’m down to three, which

like my father before me

I keep in the toolbox in his memory.

see if you can nab a box or two

marked: "Flesh-Colored".

and listen,––

if you can swing

a couple of dozen batteries

for the flashlights that'll be great.

the packs will be marked "D".

make sure they say: "D"!

oh..and when you have the time,

please send instructions

on how to navigate Google Maps.

I keep walking into the wrong house.