Tuesday, December 6, 2022

320/365 - Elbow Grease

 


First candy
for the energy
to keep me awake
then doodles
in the margins
to tame the sugar shakes
ten-thousand steps
before dawn breaks
a compromise
for sitting all day
and as many 
as I can squeeze in
during 15 minute breaks
The material's important
this I know
but the dissemination
is brutal
It will take
a small arsenal
plus some elbow grease
but I'll survive
somehow

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