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

Rico Leffanta

Date: 10/29/2019 4:54:00 PM

Be like Mitt Romney and fret under a pen name? Aloha! Rico

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!

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

Hannah Borke

Date: 10/28/2019 9:24:00 PM

Classic and perfect. This should spread. Like would girls jump rope to it?

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

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...