Soul of a Perfectionist Life of a Couch Potato

Don’t criticise me from this poem 
You’ll understand once I bring it home
I used to love DIY  I was a fanatic
But it took me a long time and drove my wife spastic

She used to curse and say you not finished yet
You’ll end up leaving it half done I bet
I got so flustered it end been true
I could not see anything through

So I’d lay there and would not budge
Watching TV stuffing my face with fudge
She’d scream at me and says get off your lazy ass
Get the lawn mower and cut the grass

You know the saying “you can lead an ass to the water but you can’t make it drink”
I’d lay on the couch staring at the TV and wouldn’t blink
Now I was not this sort of person
But she was impatient and her attitude would worsen

I was a perfectionist in my minds eye
When it came to the thing I loved doing, DIY
Now I lay here a couch potato
Watching her face go red like a plum tomato
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Hero Aka Hero-Wilson Avatar
July 8, 2010 at 8:47 PM
Thanks for sharing and Congrats for having it featured. keep writing Rhonda Hero
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July 7, 2010 at 8:48 AM
congrats on the feature poem and enjoyed reading your work!! That is unjust punishment for your wife!!
Brown Avatar
July 6, 2010 at 3:55 AM
Congratulations on your poetry being featured this week at PoetrySoup Sidney. May you have many more features. Love,Carol
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July 5, 2010 at 10:08 AM
Congrats Sidney, on your deserved win having your poem being featured on the Poetry Soup homepage this week, you are such a great talent! keep up the great writes, and enjoy the honor. Love, Adeleke
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July 5, 2010 at 9:24 AM
Congrats Sidney on your featured poem this week on the Soup.. a great choice to share with us all.. with luv from the "Sweetheart" in Hawaii..on vacation.. AlohA...
Fisher Avatar
July 5, 2010 at 7:01 AM
Many congrats on your feature this week - it made me smile. Rgds Janette
Kendrick Avatar
July 5, 2010 at 4:49 AM
You successfully got her goat didn't you..Sara
Johnson Avatar
July 1, 2010 at 9:25 PM
I love this and found it very funny. Great job. Congratulations on your hm. Love, Joyce
Haick Avatar
June 30, 2010 at 8:38 PM
Congratulations again, Sidney! I had to laugh at the scenario! Love the humor. Peace, Audrey
Mehta Avatar
June 30, 2010 at 8:31 PM
Congrats on the HM win, Sidney
Dietrich Avatar
June 28, 2010 at 9:42 PM
hahaha. great justification poem here. I really like it. Congrats. Andrea
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June 28, 2010 at 10:31 AM
congratulations, Sidney, on your poem's success. Agape, Moses
Brown Avatar
June 28, 2010 at 9:12 AM
Congratulations Sidney on your win in Paula Swanson's contest "Fill In The Blanks" Love, Carol
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June 27, 2010 at 11:09 PM
Awesome one,, loved your write...P.D.
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