If Every Day Was a Sunday in 1989

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“Some people stand in the darkness,
afraid to step into the light”,
are the words of wisdom that Mitch blared to all
around 6:00pm on LWT to me and my family.

I always felt sad upon hearing the waves
crash knowing that fifty minutes later
would be bed time for school on the morrow.

Sundays were the after dinner chores
of the week. Table cleaning was Thursday
dessert was Saturday, but washing up and drying
all them plates and spoons
were Sundays through and through.

What is it about Sundays when you’re a kid?
only religious telly, places all shut,
only Four tv channels,
of course this is 1989 when I
was seven so not exactly a happening life.

If Monday were Sunday, and the rest of the week too,
then they would have had to make about 4000 series
of Baywatch to have an episode an evening
and I don’t think David Hasselhoff
has that kind of swimming prowess.

If Friday did not exist, then how would
I feel a sense of freedom for myself, knowing
that the next day was mine and mine alone
to be who I wished.

Instead it would be Sunday and I would know
that tomorrow was Sunday, and the day after that
like the world’s dullest time loop.

If every day was a Sunday, would I learn to love
the most muted day of the week?
Or would we all despair.
I guess there would never be any work for anyone
or school so perhaps a world of Sundays
is a more manageable life for many folks.