Cuz the T-Shirt Says So - For Contest

Cuz the goddamn T-shirt says so! Well, the first time it was Billy, ball busting Billy, who said “go ahead, just do it”. To this day I am not sure what caused me to follow this instruction. The end result, I had red finger tips for three weeks and my finger prints are still on file in the park on that bench. The opportunities to “just do it!” came more frequently when alcohol was flowing, or there was a cute girl to impress with my stupidity and daring. Scars, bruises(physical and emotional), a U-tube moment with the half life of radium. Marriage was like that, I mean the proposal part. That was the only time I was the one to say “Hey, let’s just do it!” Age hasn’t cured this anomaly. At 68 I looked at a kayak, that voice whispered “just do it” – I did. My hips and shoulders ache, my kneecaps are sunburnt and I pray there is no-one around with a camera as I try to get my old ass out of my new kayak. Ball busting Billy started it and the goddamn T-shirt just keeps egging me on. 6/16/2016 submitted to – If it hurts so bad, why do we do it? sponsor – Silent One