What It Takes

They laughed hard
I carried on
They laughed again
I carried on
They laughed once more
I became good
They stopped laughing 
I became better
They were silent 
I became very good
they started praising 
I was a success
they formed a bandwagon 
So I got on a plane 
and thanked them
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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