What a Day

No matter what I do,
No matter what I say,
It's not in the cards
To go my way.

I grab my shoes,
They're tied in a knot.
I brush my hair,
But my teeth I forgot.

I jump in my car
To be on my way,
But once again,
I have a delay.

The battery's dead.
The engine won't fire.
Now look at that,
I've got a flat tire.

No matter what I do,
No matter what I say,
It seems things aren't
Gonna go my way.

When I get to work,
Quite late and tired,
The boss comes at me
With, "Goodbye, you're fired."

With my head hung low,
From a day full of woes,
I look for my car,
But find its been towed.

Now I've had enough
To drive me insane,
But I really don't have
Anyone else to blame.

For no matter what I do,
No matter what I say,
Today wasn't meant
To go my way.


I Just Can't Win Contest
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012


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Date: 2/27/2013 5:13:00 PM
this is funny. loved the part about "my teeth I forgot!" I see this had won some contest. A very belated congrats to you
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Date: 7/7/2012 10:23:00 PM
Tanya, congratulations In Joe's contest. Nice to see this contest finally up ;-) Good night PD
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Date: 7/6/2012 11:00:00 AM
Well written write.....may all your tomorrows go smoothly....congrats!
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Date: 7/3/2012 5:54:00 PM
Excellent and beautiful piece of poetry,Tanya.I love your write.Congratulations on your superb HM in this contest...
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Date: 7/3/2012 1:10:00 PM
Congratulations on your win in the "I Just Can't Win" contest Tanya. Love, Carol
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Date: 7/3/2012 4:33:00 AM
This is nice! I like the repeat verse, it certainly emphasizes the theme. Congrats Tanya!
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Date: 7/3/2012 1:36:00 AM
Tanya congrats on your win. excellent..David
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Date: 7/2/2012 8:24:00 PM
Congrats, Tanya. Excellent. Gret job. Nice going. hugs, Ralph
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Date: 7/2/2012 5:43:00 PM
Well I surly hope tomorrow is a better day. copngratulations on our win. Love, Joyce
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Date: 7/2/2012 3:47:00 PM
Very nice poem I like this one lots! Congrats on your win!
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Date: 5/30/2012 11:08:00 AM
What a day! I guess we've all had difficult days, but none as upsetting as this poor person. Cool flow and rhyming BRAVO Tanya!!
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Date: 5/24/2012 10:45:00 AM
wow! That's some day'
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Date: 5/24/2012 10:25:00 AM
Tanya I like it, join the queue..David
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Date: 5/24/2012 10:19:00 AM
Absolutely love it!!! really, really enjoyed this one!!
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