Thursday, September 14, 2023

The Beckoning Bayou

 They say that people who routinely put things off

Are mostly perfectionists (cough, cough)

Who are afraid

Of committing to wade

Into that big swamp

Where the frisky gators chomp,

Where uncertain wrestling

Presents the distressing

Prospect of possible flopping. 

How pleasant, then to be stopping

And waiting 

And contemplating 

Despite the fact that what is needed

Is something more like rushing unheeded 

Into the murky slime

Tackling, perhaps, one gator at a time,

Probably starting first

With the one who looks like the worst.

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