mule -thanks.
Sounds like the speaker is arguably content to remain in a frame of mind that does not go beyond the immediate.
EXACTLY.
I do like the line breaks and shake it up suggestions.
sister(lives with me) walked thru while I was wadding paper after paper and tossing. Trying to write something,She asked if I planned to do that all day. lol
I said I could be Hemingway, smoking and drinking all the while;
hence the poem..At least something got to the paper!
She left me to my wad of paper--lol
Again, appreciate.