The Not Quite Sonnet of Not Quite Success

The Not Quite Sonnet of Not Quite Success Play by the rules, or at least the principles Then you’ll make a difference Shake off the praise with diffidence And yet it ends of ostensible Maybe those with more organization And less knowledge and skills Can rise to a pay grade that pays many more bills And idealization and realization reach a point of conflation And a drink on a Friday night And a few extra curves Bring a loss of position and a few extra nerves And a bitterness that brings doubt to hindsight The cycle begins and it ends With the means and the ends