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Get-By Guy

I’ve always been a get-by guy, why excel when you can be sly? Are three hours study for an A-plus, better than one, for an A minus? Why climb a hill when you can thumb, running and rushing is just plain dumb. Steady she goes, is better than first, all who finish can quench their thirst. Kill yourself for a hard pushy boss? That would surely be your own loss. This goes for morning, noon, and night, it’s just not worth the perfect fight. I’d rather make it to eighty-two, then flame out quickly like some do. I’m in no hurry to stand before Him, unless He just wants me, on a whim.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014




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