Thursday, September 19, 2019

Words from a Teacher's Past, 67



“Words, words, words.”
    Hamlet (2.2)

List #13: (i) lackadaisical, (j) preside

You are so lackadaisical
About so many things in life.
Your cup in nowhere near half-full.
You doubt me? Ask your wife!

She told me in a text just now
How you just lie around all day.
She wondered: Could I tell her how
To find a better life … some way?

And so I’m warning you, my friend.
A midnight future lies ahead,
So if you want to see the end,
Just keep on hiding there in bed.

I really don't want to preside
At your avoidable divorce,
So act as if at least you tried
Perhaps gain courage from The Force!

     — Judge Roy Bean



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