My alarm went off the other day

In my cozy bed I chose to stay

Had no sick excuse for the boss

Simply motivation a total loss

Did not feel bad

Did not feel sad

Did not feel mad

Felt just fine

Mind wasn’t hazy

I just felt…….

Lazy

It happens now then as I grow old

Resistance is futile so I’ve been told

Floors in heaven are paved with rose

Mine are paved with. …..

Dead mosquitoes

They invade my house nearly every spring

They just fly in and shed their wings

Giant ones but they don’t bite

They just gather up themselves and die…..

Every night

I finally rousted myself from the bed

Made the short trek to the head

Scraped squashed mosquitoes from my feet

And tried to figure out what for breakfast…..

I should eat

Then I had to decide if I should shave

Considering the energy I could save

Letting stubble sprout didn’t seem too crazy

Because I was feeling really, really ….

Lazy

Majority wins when I’m the boss

This day was going to be a total loss

Starting out with making breakfast as I please

Thought I’d make an omelet but all I had was……

Moldy cheese

You know moldy cheese is really OK

It’s a pain to scrape and just melts away

Yeah the omelet had a funny shade of green

It tasted fine and I ate it all but my motivation level….

Morally obscene

Then I looked at the dog and he looked at me

This morning’s walk was not meant to be

Got the evil eye that only a dog scorned can do

So he made his way out onto the deck and dumped a…..

Major poo

I was of course not much amused

My lazy morning had just got abused

I knew better but decided that the mess could wait

I didn’t realize then that I had taken…..

The doggie’s bait

A little later on I wandered outside

To admire the early morning and to try and decide

How best to waste the balance of this fine day

Not looking where I walked and  it didn’t take too long……

To go astray

There’s nothing really good about squishy toes

When the squishing in question attacks the nose

And trying to get that damn dog’s silly grin out of my head

My lazy bubble had just been burst and that made me want to….

Go back to bed

So I went back to bed and I want to say

That sometimes lazy just don’t pay

But ornery is as ornery does and it won’t accept defeat

I almost got away with my lazy day till the wife noticed.....

The brown spot on the sheet

Copyright 2010 Patrick Granfors