On Routines

Comfort
That's why we do it.
I am certain that no good could come of
changing what works.  If it ain't broke,
then leave it alone.
Still, day in and out?
Not so much on schedule,
on purpose,
as on demand and therefore on repeat.
Stuck like the same two lines
of that horrible 80's pop song
because you spilled
soda on your compact disc
and the player skips backward
with fourteen words
that you just let play
because you have become accustomed
to the sequence of the lyrics
to the point where
you may have forgotten the rest of the song.