Your Gut

You can check consumer guides
Until your face turns blue;
When buying something major,
That’s what many people do.

When planning a vacation,
Those same folks do that as well,
Believing that it will prevent
That holiday from hell.

But that’s not how we operate
(My spouse and I agree),
For all the research in the world
Won’t grant a guarantee.

So every purchase that we make
Or trip that we arrange
Is one we’ve chosen on a hunch,
Which others might find strange.

It works for us, yet there are those
Who’d argue with a “But…”
To them, I’d simply have to say
It pays to trust your gut!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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Dietrich Avatar
September 12, 2014 at 10:31 PM
I wish my husband and i had done this more often with some of the horrid mistakes we made on some purchases in the past decade. Still owing on them. UGgggg.
Johnson Avatar
September 10, 2014 at 11:48 PM
The more we live the more we learn. Sometimes your cold, sometimes you burn. But when it comes down to the end. Your right on track when your gut's your friend.
Michelle Avatar
September 10, 2014 at 8:09 AM
Love it! Your rhyme just flows, and you are very right :) Much enjoyed! -Juli-Michelle
Trifiatis Avatar
September 10, 2014 at 4:13 AM
You are so right, dear Ilene. No-one knows better that this "gut feeling" when you have got it! This is the absolute guarantee! A beautifully developed poem. Enjoyed it!
Costello Avatar
September 9, 2014 at 7:35 PM
I really enjoyed your poem-great rhymes and I have learned through years of trial and error it is best to trust my gut when facing decisions. :-)
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