good plan sometimes in poetry

STARTING POINT: HOME
Calculating… calculating…

GO FORWARD THROUGH SCHOOL
(you are so gifted, you are so talented)
(you can have whatever you want)
(you can be whoever you want)
(the world is your oyster)
(the sky is the limit)

TURN RIGHT, CONTINUE ON THE PATH
(go west, young man)
(the direction of change)
(your generation will be the one)
(that doesn’t make all the mistakes)
(every generation before did)
(you are so very special)
(how could you fail?)

CONTINUE ON FOR 15 MILES
(load sixteen tons)
(load sixteen tons)
(load sixteen tons, what do you get?)

CAUTION: DETOUR
Calculating, calculating…
(failure and failure again)
(things didn’t work out the way you planned)
(there were things you didn’t even get to try)
(should I have trusted the plan they gave me?)
Calculating… calculating…

DISTRACTIONS AHEAD
(do I want to pull over?)
(do I want to turn around, can I?)
(did I want a family after all?)
(taxes and debts)
(doubts and regrets)
(sixteen tons, what do you get?)
(what did you get?)
Calculating… calculating…

MAKE A U-TURN
(oh God, I screwed this up so bad)
(it was supposed to be so easy)

MAKE ANOTHER U-TURN
(they told me I was special)
(they told me I was grand)
(they sold me this device)
(that mapped out perfect plans)

MAKE ANOTHER U-TURN

MAKE ANOTHER U-TURN

MAKE ANOTHER U-TURN
Calculating… calculating…

YOU HAVE ARRIVED AT YOUR DESTINATION.

Last updated November 17, 2021