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why worry?
by Steve Patterson → (All Poetry by Steve Patterson)
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i worry...
i worry i worry too much.
i worry i don't worry enuff.
i worry 'till my face get's flush.
i worry 'till i'm in a huff.

i worry
and i hurry
and i scurry
'till things get blurry
and that worries me
i worry 'bout things i can't even see
or touch
it worries me that i might worry too much

i worry 'bout me
i worry ' bout you
i worry 'bout things when there's nuthin' ta' do
i worry 'bout thee & we
i worry 'bout she & he
i worry 'bout him & them
i worry i can't just let things be

i worry 'bout my kids
and the things that they've hid
did i tighten that lid?
or is it too loose?
i even worry 'bout Mother Goose
or gettin' killed by a moose,
or the hangman's noose.

i worry i'm late
or should i wait?
i worry about Affairs of State
did i close that gate?
will i ever find a mate?
do i love or do i hate?
whatever happened to my cousin Kate?

am i livin' or am i dyin'?
why am i laughin' when i outta' be cryin'?
why am i even tryin?
do i try hard enuff?
do i have enuff stuff?
should i call the bluff?
when is enuff enuff?

am i too hot?
is it too cold?
why or why not?
have i got a blood clot?
is this the right slot?
does that plant need a new pot?
have i got what i got?
have i got what i need?
should i beg or plead?
is that a flower or a weed?

am i a loser or a winner?
a saint or a sinner?
what's for dinner
or lunch?
i got a hunch
i worry a bunch
but in a crunch
i'll just worry about that
when there's nuthin' else to worry at

what about the government?
the environment?
how 'bout the air
is it still there?
why am i here?
if not here where?
can i still hear?
can i still see?
why do i be
like that?
is this the right hat?
are you sure the worlds not flat?
should i get a dog or a cat?
see, i worry 'bout things like that.

sometimes i think
i worry too much
then i worry i might sink
if i don't worry 'bout such & such
and just when
i've worried enuff
then
i worry 'bout other stuff.

my worryin' worries me
can't you see?
but what do i do?
how about you?
do you worry too?
now that worries me
that's theres 2 or 3
just like me.
just worryin' away
each day.
so whata' ya' say?
whata' ya' do?
here's what will do...
i'll worry 'bout you.
you worry 'bout me.
then we'll just let worryin' be.

NOW THAT WORRIES ME!  

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 Reviews of "why worry?"
Reviewed by Ed Matlack
Reviewed on March 22, 2005
You need to take a valium and stop worryin'! ed

Reviewed on March 22, 2005
Ha ha...yeah Steve, I am the same way, this is cute!

Reindeer

Reviewed by M. B. (Reader)
Reviewed on March 22, 2005
Steve, this is so cute! And probably true for many people. WHY WORRY has beautiful cadence and rhyme and is full of humor.

~ Mari

Reviewed by Sue Hess
Reviewed on March 22, 2005
this sounds like a poem for my sister. we saw a kid that wasn't in a car seat the other day and she worried about it all afternoon. good poem steve


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