"Each time I go outside" by Ted Kooser

Although this poem is short, it has a lot of meaning to it. The speaker is trying to exemplify the idea of daily life being routine. The twist to this concept is that even though life is routine, each day is a different day. Life for the speaker is obviously predictable until 5:30. Work all day and at 5:30, the person goes on and do whatever it is they want to do for the remainder of the day. "What I would do for wisdom, I cried out as a young man. Evidently not much." This piece from the exert sounds like a cry for help, a cry for hope more so. "Even on walks I follow the dog," sounds as if the person just gave up and goes with the flow. In other words, whatever happens just happens. The last sentence sounds the same. Lets just be who we are living an ordinary simple life.