On Remembering An Almost-Overdue Deadline For Work That Was My Idea, In The First Place – #poetry

What must be done,
Must Be Done.
I can procrastinate all I like, plumb
the depths of my lazy rationalizations
all I care to, excuse
my inaction with a chock-full
calendar…
But what must be done,
Must Be Done.

It’s not like I didn’t know
it needed doing.
It’s not like
I could have gotten out of the commit-
ment I
myself
signed up for.
Duty calls — but I called first.

2006

Author: Kay Lorraine

Poet, publisher, programmer. I still like PHP. View all posts by Kay Lorraine