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 © Jim Tidd | Year Posted 2014
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