A Choice of Three Autobiographies

I
I came.
I made a small noise.
I left, praying I’d said a proper goodbye.
Was that it?

II
An examined life is best done now
for past is dog gone home
and future is cat crouching -
it’s nine o’ clock in the morning
after a late night out
and I am done with weeping.

III
I wasn’t sure if the fire would ever get going
so many duff matches …
but in the end it only took one match 
struck cleanly
and placed carefully.

(© Joshua F.D. Bond)