“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today,” a quote attributed to Abraham Lincoln, is a timeless statement emphasizing accountability and the necessity of confronting challenges head-on rather than deferring them. It underscores the principle that inaction today merely postpones problems, often making them more complex or difficult to address in the future. As procrastination is a suppressant of time, the resolve is left for the morrow, where time is none to spare. Of such is the case of the unresolved, being tethered on a leash, when it bites untamingly.
Blended cough suppressant milk fondue
A German issued side arm
and a knee brace
Preparation
Slip shots lock arm to face
What shot you floats arm...less
Then you kneel
Degradation
You are no longer
A sole proprietor of yourself
Now socially secure
to offer without agreement
what causes sovereign downfall
State citizens make prisons
and we offer ourselves
as they take our crown off
Awaken before you can't.
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