What profits (♀)

Early up, out and about,
look over the water,
sniff at coffee beans,
paint your toenails,
go to the hairdresser,
and otherwise: tears, hot-water bottles and rebirth.

Somewhat helpful:
talk about it lots,
change your GP,
pull up your stockings,
finish off those chocolate Nicholasses from the year before,
and according to your whim these parting words: And please
never phone me again.

Not at all helpful:
encouraging words,
power shopping,
camomile tea, fennel tea, green tea,
least of all: your firm resolution
to flirt with complete strangers.

In the end, however, maybe
everything is of some profit,
though paltry
and only for a while.