Words from a Teacher's Past, 61

“Words, words, words.”

—    Hamlet (2.2)

List # 12: (g) abject, (h) slovenly

I wish I weren’t so slovenly—

A state I know that you can see.

I feel abject when I inspect

The mirror—could I resurrect

My neater self? Not likely so.

I’m much too old—I’ll let it go.