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To Fret

Life would be a whole lot better
If I weren’t such a fretter.
Yet, that’s just my worried way;
I guess it’s in my DNA.

I wish I could be less uptight
And trust all that will be all right
But worry worms its way inside
And somehow it gets magnified.

To let things slide, it’s very plain,
For me would go against the grain
So what I do, which I regret,
Is agonize and fret, fret, fret!

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Maurice Rigoler Date: 10/30/2019 7:52:00 AM To err is human / to fret more so. I fretted big time this week when I lost my lost my car keys and I had to take a resident to the doctors. I back tracked my steps the night before where I took the dog to do his thing – a long strip of grass parallel to the apartment complex – but to no avail. Some kind person had found them and dropped them in the office door slot! What relief! / M Login to Reply

Rico Leffanta Date: 10/29/2019 4:54:00 PM Be like Mitt Romney and fret under a pen name? Aloha! Rico Login to Reply

Kim Rodrigues Date: 10/29/2019 6:50:00 AM It’s hard to bat away the worries. I look up and thank God for my blessings. A daily struggle. Be blessed, Ilene! Login to Reply

Jan Allison Date: 10/29/2019 4:22:00 AM made me smile Ilene because its something many of us do, but fretting doesnt help the issue go away it just eats us up even more!:-) hugs jan xx Login to Reply

Hannah Borke Date: 10/28/2019 9:24:00 PM Classic and perfect. This should spread. Like would girls jump rope to it? Login to Reply Hannah Borke Date: 10/29/2019 8:56:00 PM I soon might teach a granddaughter to jump rope. But if I try your song, I’ll have to use kvetch and kvetcher. ‘Fret’ is not part of our vocabulary. (Did you mix up “all that” in your second stanza?) Ilene Bauer Date: 10/29/2019 6:44:00 PM ha! i went back and read my poem out loud and it really would be perfect for jumping rope! thanks, hannah! Jan Allison Date: 10/29/2019 4:23:00 AM I like that idea Hannah!

Gershon Wolf Date: 10/28/2019 7:47:00 PM I feel a little odd taking pleasure in your fretting, but doggone it! This is just such a witty, clever write, Ilene, that I can't help myself. I'm just chuckling away at everything you wrote, and I just love the rhymes with fret and fretter. A FAVE! :) gw Login to Reply Ilene Bauer Date: 10/29/2019 6:43:00 PM i'm glad you had that reaction, gershon! i had fun writing it, although, unfortunately, i really do fret way too much...