How to Be Happy

We don’t have to; we get to.
We get to try this again.
Hello morning. Look at us.

Unlike so many others,
Vanished overnight
(Others vanish every night),

We are here. We are aware
Of the morning light,
Brassy gold or grey and thin,

And we are pleased to announce
That we know that we are pleased.
Someone on a balcony

We can’t see (but we can smell)
Is smoking rank tobacco.
We get to, too. Don’t have to.