Out of Time!

Planning your demise is like 
tip-toeing on a tight rope    
realising there's no net
challenging a 
speeding car and
daring it to stop
mortgaging your manhood
amassing liabilities with no program of repayment
leaping to the wrong conclusions
leaning toward self-delusions
indulging in the same old 
self-defeating speculations
endorsing self-destruction 
till you're finally out of time!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Ginn Avatar
May 6, 2009 at 7:33 AM
soup mail
Anderson Avatar
April 19, 2009 at 12:04 AM
amazing write
Crane Avatar
April 17, 2009 at 11:33 AM
You’re right, I love it! The path of demise that we all tread and yet so many fail to notice. Mortgaging your manhood, how true this rings. Good job!
Devonshire Avatar
April 17, 2009 at 10:18 AM
Incredible writing, Keith! Indeed, there are times in our darkest hours when we feel like we are "tip-toeing on a tight rope." That really nails the message home for me. But I think my favorite line is "amassing liabilities with no program of repayment." Surely a suicidal person must feel that way, but it also describes what got our national into an economic freefall. Great work! Love, Carolyn (Will get to McMurtry soon. Would love your input on a cover design. Might I email it to you?
Kroeger Avatar
April 17, 2009 at 8:51 AM
awesome
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