Late summer middling

Post-news game show battles
in the living room
with the fan pushing summer air
around the clues.

It’s a leisurely break
from the fatigue
of a quiet madness
of middle age.

My daughter is galavanting
in the county with her girls
as my son weighs retirement
options for his first real job.

Time is slipping away
but it’s right there
on a moth’s wing
at my window screen.