Rematch Tomorrow 8AM

The day passes, an idle hitchhiker,
Thumb half-heartedly protruding
A posture half begging, half daring
Go ahead… seize the day

Good luck with that challenge
For daylight slips through the fingers
Craftily dodges with shadowy stealth
All attempts to control it, confine it

A few minutes in a crowded Starbucks
A cold compress of iced coffee
A mindless “atta boy, go get ‘em”
From a high school drop-out Barrister

Another “rope-a-dope” meeting
Stay on your feet, they’ll stop talking soon
How did it come to this
You were once a contender

Another ten round draw
Everyone seems happy
You didn’t embarrass anyone
Rematch tomorrow...8AM
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June 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Vignettes -- snippets, really -- representing so many who have nearly reached the top, and then, falling from grace, were knocked on their keysters by fickle Dame, Fortune. I like it, John. ~ Ring Lardner
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