Your Presence Is Requested

Your presence is requested.

Sometimes giving presents is complicated.

When giving presents your presence is usually expected.

But sometimes you can´t be present when giving presents.

So when giving presents, presents such a problem,

it is always better to be present

or

your presence will be missed

and

perhaps be resented.

That complicates matters 

because not only your presence 

will be resented 

but your presents also.

Even more complicated is 

if you are presently

thinking about presenting a present in the future...

plan it well because to be present in the future

you will need to wait until the future becomes the present. 

and if you wait too long the present will have become the past.

If the moment has past without your presence 

then your presence too will have

past.

In conclusion

In the future...

remember to be present while presenting your present,

because the present becomes the past and the present is the future´s past

which never lasts very long.

John Derek Hamilton 
March 07,2016
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Daniel Avatar
March 17, 2016 at 11:30 PM
Excellent word play. Encourages me to try out some myself. A7
Allison Avatar
March 7, 2016 at 5:15 PM
great play on words John very clever write:-) hugs Jan xx
Hamilton Avatar
March 8, 2016 at 3:10 PM
Thanks Jan always nice to hear from you!
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