Stop! Stop! I say
You've work to do
Stop! Now! I say,
It's nearly 2:00
*Just one more poem
just one more rhyme
It's Saturday
I have time*
You're not even dressed
your hair is unbrushed
stop digging, stop finding
you'll find yourself rushed
*But her words are so airy
His thoughts are so keen
I must keep on reading
their souls are between*
Just come back later
at the end of your day
you'll have earned it, my friend
what do you say?
*I'm loath to be leaving
it's so hard you know
to put down my laptop
and let the poems go*
They'll still be here later
I'm sure you'll make time
to read some free verse
to check out some rhyme
*You win, but I warn you
if I do leave
when I come back to it later
no tricks up your sleeve,
no interruptions
no phone calls, no texts
no "sorry, 'net's down"
wait now, you're next
I want to come back and savor
all the gems that I find
just do me this favor
be ever so kind.*
Okay, it's agreed
we'll meet here again
to take up where we left off
say quarter past ten?
*You drive a hard bargain
you're such a drag
but I'll stop now
so you won't have to nag!*
Apr 22, 2017
Apr 22, 2017 at 1:57 PM UTC
Stop! Stop! I say
You've work to do
Stop! Now! I say,
It's nearly 2:00
*Just one more poem
just one more rhyme
It's Saturday
I have time*
You're not even dressed
your hair is unbrushed
stop digging, stop finding
you'll find yourself rushed
*But her words are so airy
His thoughts are so keen
I must keep on reading
their souls are between*
Just come back later
at the end of your day
you'll have earned it, my friend
what do you say?
*I'm loath to be leaving
it's so hard you know
to put down my laptop
and let the poems go*
They'll still be here later
I'm sure you'll make time
to read some free verse
to check out some rhyme
*You win, but I warn you
if I do leave
when I come back to it later
no tricks up your sleeve,
no interruptions
no phone calls, no texts
no "sorry, 'net's down"
wait now, you're next
I want to come back and savor
all the gems that I find
just do me this favor
be ever so kind.*
Okay, it's agreed
we'll meet here again
to take up where we left off
say quarter past ten?
*You drive a hard bargain
you're such a drag
but I'll stop now
so you won't have to nag!*
