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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…

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014




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Date: 9/4/2014 1:01:00 PM
I hate when everything piles up. Good write!
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Date: 5/7/2014 8:33:00 AM
You are not the only one to get into such situations!! I've been through patches like that myself, but eventually snap out of it, and go to the other extreme! The secret is to keep calm and start on things...one at a time:) // paul
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Date: 5/5/2014 9:22:00 AM
Your the best at bringing to light. All of life's problems and issues of plight. When time get's to short and our energy's zapped. I think that just maybe a keg should be tapped. :)
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Date: 5/3/2014 3:06:00 PM
That's a situation nobody likes to experience. You have described it well with good rhyming as usual, Ilene.
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