As I Steady My Ship

The laughter I laugh In circumstances I weigh Though they play tough When without delay I play The music tunes and melodies I enjoy To delight my ribs With tactful tactics I employ When I visit congenial cribs Where someone I trust Enjoins me to retain The fun in the bust and crust Whose admiration and passion I attain and ascertain Within cultural confines I respect As a matter of preference and taste at best For proportions and dimensions I inspect Without any haste or distaste I measure in pleasures I sample Within the context of standards I maintain In times supple and ample Enough to retain and contain The sophistication I display In matters of arts I admire As visions of aesthetics I slay with no further delay To fire and retire First impressions in missions of the hope In mundane concerns I detect On the slope whose drop I grope For contours and silhouettes I protect When in a sudden twist of fate I pronounce myself ready To cancel the date I hate As my retirement from dissipation grows steady.