Midnight Mission

I’ve never had a manicure.
A budget thing, yes, and also
a time thing. Usually, I’m doing
my nails after midnight. No salons
open then so it works into my schedule.

If you know me, you know my nails
are long. Sometimes too long between
trims and polish changes; when I type
and everything is numbers, I know
it’s time.

It’s time now but I know it will take me
a while to decide on a color. My polish
collection is massive, divided into seasonal
summer light and winter dark; creme, frost,
glitter, iridescent, mild and wild, trendy,
sassy, mirror, matte, and almost all
a shade of purple.

I pick Fandango with a stripe of Berry Blush
but then I see Rule Breaker, then Bolidonna,
Pompeii, Plum Crazy, Between the Sheets,
ooh Parlez-Vous, and settle on Purple Haze
with a shimmer of Glazed Donut.

Midnight start, the sun is rising;
I am yawning, reprimanding myself
to tone down the collection, far too many
colors, too many choices take too long
to do my too long nails but when I’m done,
I agree they are purpleluscious.

~ J R Turek Hour 5