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Anything but...

tasks that stared at me

for weeks, nay months

get done when there's

something worse

worth avoiding

and now

I've tidied

that room

it looks great

but the elephant

pawing the ground

won't avert its stare

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Published: May 18
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Tags: #denial #avoidance #ironic #wry #humour #procrastination

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