Excellence

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For 'Repeat After Me' poetry contest.

If you hope to be one of means and property,
And to be perceived as truly ‘one of a kind’, 
Never tolerate or accept mediocrity.

Develop, while young, this fine quality.
Reaffirm it daily in your mind.
If you hope to be one of means and property.

Over-acheivers are definitely a scarcity;
Average and below average people aren’t hard to find.
Never tolerate or accept mediocrity.

You’ll always be surrounded by those in poverty.
Work harder in body and smarter in mind
If you hope to be one of means and property

While you’re young, consider this your duty:
Knowledge is power--education of any and every kind.
Never tolerate or accept mediocrity.

Someday when you're frail, old, and crotchety,
You’ll recall what I had you commit to mind:
If you hope to be one of means and property, 
Never tolerate or accept mediocrity.

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