Cost Of A Day Out (August 26, 2016)

Price

I must pay

For a day

On the town.

Surrounded

By crowds 

Of people.

Enjoying

A hot and humid

Summer's day

In the city.

Taking in

One final dash

Of Summer

Before Fall's arrival.

As the subway 

Is packed

With young families

For a fun day

At the "X"

(Canadian National Exhibition).

Later

The afternoon rush hour

Is mixed

With commuters

Heading home.

And baseball fans

Convening on

The Roger's Center.

Hoping for

A Blue Jay victory

Over the visiting Angels.

Only 

To lost

6-3.

As my soul

Is slowly drained

Leaving me

Exhausted.

Wanting

To curl up 

And hide away

From society

For the next 2 days.

Until 

My body's batteries

Are recharged.

The toll extracted

Whenever

I'm surrounded

By crowds.

Upon 

My introverted 

Anxious soul.

Therisa © 2016

Author's note: Yesterday, I had an appointment with my therapy, during the afternoon, and thought, I would visit a close friend, on the way, back home. Never expecting the visit would last later than 11 pm, when I got home, to my apartment, after seeing the film, Suicide Squad. Originally, I thought, the visit would last, until the downtown rush, would be over, for the Jays/Angels game, at the Roger Center. As the film,I felt the various film characters were underwritten or the actors portrayed them, in the way, they are written, in the comic book, which the film is based upon.