That Mike,
he was a quiet man,
A family
benefactor.
He buoyed
a large posterity
By
sitting on a tractor.
One
day, his wife, I’ll call her Jean,
Was working
in the yard,
The day
was warm, the sun was hot,
The
task she’d set was hard.
Her
Mike had finished for the day
Relaxing
in his hammock,
When
she called out to him, “Hon, please!
“I need
someone dynamic!”
“I want
some help here, if you could,
“This
job is problematic.
“And
while you’re up, please also check
“That roof
leak in the attic.”
He
looked at her and said, “Sweet Jean,
“I’d help
with all that’s taxing,
“But I
can’t do two things at once,
“And
right now, I’m relaxing.”
She
didn’t murder him right there,
I know
you all were worried,
But
from this tale, I gained a truth
For when
life’s getting flurried.
When
myriad tasks beset me,
And
everything is crazy,
I
simply can’t do two at once,
So I’m
working on my lazy!
Some folks think we're clever!
And we have such a lot of fun,
We'll do this thing forever!
Lydia of Cluttered Genius: Lazy no More
Dawn of Spatulas On Parade: Lazy
Dawn of Spatulas On Parade: Lazy
Ah, such patience. I would have cut that hammock down!
ReplyDeleteWith a machete! Oops...
DeleteHaha ... this is awesome! Sharing!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lisa! And thank you again! :)
DeleteI would have shoved him out of the hammock and taken his place....freed him up to work so to speak.
ReplyDeleteAh I like how you think! See. That's multi-tasking.
DeleteMy laziness needs no work.
ReplyDeleteI do admire his wife's patience. My partner's sister's husband cannot do anything for some hours after a meal because he is 'digesting'. I admire her patience too.
I'd be horribly tempted to stop feeding him! ;)
DeleteSo cute and definitely understand when the "lazzies" come over a person. (Ahem, never me, of course).
ReplyDeleteOf course! ;)
DeleteI'm an expert at laziness. But I don't have a hammock because they make me dizzy. So...I sit here and blog!
ReplyDeletePerfect!
DeleteNext time i get to spend a day lounging around the house, i am going to say i am working on my lazy!
ReplyDeleteI'm so happy I could help!
DeleteI live with that man.
ReplyDeleteOops. Ummm....I did change the names... ;)
DeleteI've been working on my lazy too. I'm getting really good at it :)
ReplyDeleteWe should have a class!
DeleteVery true, very true. I like the idea of making lazy a priority! :)
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