Just Getting Comfortable

You wiggle your rump,
Adjust your cushions,
Your chair levers, desk,
Shirt, skirt, what-have-you.

No universal
Human nature, hey?
Who isn’t trying,
Some point of each day,

Of life long or short,
To adjust the settings,
Get comfortable?
It’s more than human,

To judge from other
Animals. Simple,
Stupid fact of life,
However lofty—

You, organism
Of many pleasures,
Many discomforts,
Fidget for comfort.

Before your big speech,
Before your deep thoughts,
Before you march or sleep,
Before you can write

About the small child
You saw practicing
A TikTok shuffle,
Get comfortable.