I recently got struck down with the flu

when I say struck down I mean like a bolt of lightening

I was feeling fine then suddenly it hit me

severe aches and a raging fever

fortunately that part only lasted for four days

during which time I did absolutely NOTHING

apart from sleeping

I ate almost NOTHING

short of a few grunts I said NOTHING

my brain hurt so I gave up thinking

my thoughts turned to NOTHING

eventually I got up and sat on the couch doing NOTHING

being retired I just cleared my schedule and filled it with NOTHING

telling folks I was busy all week was easy until they asked what with

NOTHING sounds like a bad reason to blow somebody off

hopefully they understood and thought NOTHING of it

I tried writing but could only think about NOTHING

I remembered the Billy Preston song about NOTHING

it was more of an equation really

NOTHING from NOTHING leaves NOTHING

he could have expressed that equation in many ways

NOTHING times NOTHING is NOTHING

NOTHING plus NOTHING is NOTHING

however I remembered that ANYTHING divided by NOTHING equals INFINITY

that’s why Billy Preston did not sing about division

so drifting away from mathematics and into philosophy

what do you give somebody who needs NOTHING?

answer- give them NOTHING because they will appreciate that

of course you can give ANYTHING to a person who has NOTHING

well maybe not ANYTHING like an infectious disease or some stolen goods

but if you gave them SOMETHING nice it would be better than NOTHING

NOTHING much happened since I decided to do NOTHING every day

NOTHING could stop me from doing NOTHING

the more I did NOTHING then I realized there is NOTHING I like better

you never get tired doing NOTHING and its very economical because it costs NOTHING

you cannot be accused of being an under achiever if you aim to do NOTHING

because there is NOTHING less than NOTHING

in fact if you set out to do NOTHING then you can easily meet your goal by doing NOTHING

you could start a whole movement being followed by people wanting to do NOTHING

form the NOTHING political party that promises to do NOTHING in office

NOTHING bad will ever happen if you are NOTHING President of the NOTHING party

wake up every day and you will find NOTHING in the news

no wars, no mass shootings, no climate change, no pandemic just NOTHING

turn on the TV to find NOTHING being streamed

check your emails and find NOTHING in your inbox

don’t bother to check in on social NOTHING media

go out to a bar and order NOTHING

have a double NOTHING and you will feel NOTHING, great for sobriety

order NOTHING for dinner and save all those calories

Wear NOTHING and there will be NOTHING to put in the laundry basket

Listen to NOTHING and protect your hearing

say NOTHING on your deathbed and leave this world with NOTHING

that’s NOTHING more than you came into the world with

which proves that NOTHING plus NOTHING equals NOTHING

I wonder if Billy Preston solved that equation before he died