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December 31st

What pace, I have had a hot chase
Yet I am  not done with it all
Too short and too many short shrifts
To matters major and minor

Balance sheet is not yet ready
What pace, I have had a hot chase
But then I’m not a company
In the red, might be as usual

I am not a profitable
Proposition, I would agree
What pace, I have had a hot chase
How it all slips through my fingers

Nearer to my next birthday I’m
Going to feel old on that day
In this rabbit and turtle race
What pace, I have had a hot chase

Note: This is a very old poem of mine written in free verse now adapted to the Quatern form
For Dr. Mehta’s contest
By: S.Jagathsimhan Nair,       nov 27, 11

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 12/30/2011 11:49:00 AM

That's cool how you took it from free verse and adapted it to quatern. I like how it sounds with the repeating line!

Nette Onclaud

Date: 12/18/2011 10:36:00 AM

awwwh, age is just a number , jag.. so well- scribes with charming sentiments.. you a capricorn like me??? great minds think alike, lol.. :) hugggs, miss ya!

Nette Onclaud
Date: 12/18/2011 10:37:00 AM

*scribed*

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 11/30/2011 11:18:00 AM

As we get older, we can relate more and more to the messag in this poem. A wonderful entry for Dr. Ram's contest, my friend. Wishing you success! Love, Carolyn