Stretched Too Thin
It’s great to be busy,
The state I am in,
But sometimes I feel like
I’m stretched way too thin.
The newspaper pile’s
At the tottering stage;
My bookmark’s been stuck
For two weeks on one page.
The email’s unanswered;
The house needs a dusting.
Appointments are canceled
And need readjusting.
There’s shopping to do
And a dress to be bought.
With have-tos and must-dos
I’m frantically fraught.
What happens when things
Get so crazy, perhaps
Is that she who’s stretched thin enough
Suddenly snaps…
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