Coping: Not in the Pink

Still spreading
The calamine pink,
Quite tedious
I think,

And amazing that
Such a simple task
Taxes my mindfulness
To the limit;

How to stay with
An uninteresting situation,
A reminder of the slowness
With which healing takes place;

Meanwhile,
Other obstacles
And irritations
Continue to arise

At the same time
As I’m recovering
From this current
Time consuming annoyance;

It all adds up to
Difficulty staying here,
Preferring elsewhere
Or just not knowing at all,

And how to negotiate that
Remains a task I dislike
That I don’t feel
I do well;

But then, who does
All the time?
No one,
Or so I think.