PERFECTION IN DENIAL-Poem 7-10-17

PERFECTION IN DENIAL-Poem   7-10-17

The only way

I get through now

[Not “one day at a time”

Although it is]

Is to ignore

All the stupid stuff

I did and said

Along the way

There was a time

When it made sense

To examine each fault

Assign it to its genus

Examine tomes

Both current and ancient

Consult oracles and entrails

To learn of some potential cure

A pouch of powdered Jung

Around the neck

A pinch of Freud

[If that’s not too Freudian]

A splash of Adler

For leaven in the dough

I am past the point of cure

Or even snail-like progress

Perfection comes only in denial

Regrets? Of course.

I regret that I did not learn

This sooner.

JRMcF

Johnrobertmcfarland@gmail.com