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Spanish Cedar Boxes
Living in a
Procrastic Nation
with lots of problems
And I don't really
want to solve them
Got thousands of closets
in my head
Where all my
Spanish Cedar Boxes
go instead
Because I want
do more than survive
I want to strive
for my best
Pandora Life
I'll deal with the
Boxes when I'm dead
Avoidance is my virus
with no cure
Zeus tried twice
so I'm sure
That's okay with me
Don't want to deal
With all of
My tragedies
Pressing on
My arteries
Feels like I
Can't breathe
I want to stay fancy free
Ignorance is my fantasy
With the thousands
Of closets in
My head
Where all the
Spanish Cedar Boxes
go instead
Hades taught me
Now he's stalking
From below
I'm decaying
can't say no
We sealed the deal
and he knows
I want to do
More than survive
I want to strive
For my best
Pandora Life
and I'll feed
him all of my boxes
when I'm dead
Procrastic Nation
with lots of problems
And I don't really
want to solve them
Got thousands of closets
in my head
Where all my
Spanish Cedar Boxes
go instead
Because I want
do more than survive
I want to strive
for my best
Pandora Life
I'll deal with the
Boxes when I'm dead
Avoidance is my virus
with no cure
Zeus tried twice
so I'm sure
That's okay with me
Don't want to deal
With all of
My tragedies
Pressing on
My arteries
Feels like I
Can't breathe
I want to stay fancy free
Ignorance is my fantasy
With the thousands
Of closets in
My head
Where all the
Spanish Cedar Boxes
go instead
Hades taught me
Now he's stalking
From below
I'm decaying
can't say no
We sealed the deal
and he knows
I want to do
More than survive
I want to strive
For my best
Pandora Life
and I'll feed
him all of my boxes
when I'm dead
Published 19th Sep 2021
Author's Note
I am a legendary procrastinator when it comes to doing something I don't want to do.
Just ask Zeus. LOL Got dark towards the end but I kinda like it
Just ask Zeus. LOL Got dark towards the end but I kinda like it
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- Edited 9th Apr 2022 5:45am
19th Sep 2021 2:15am
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19th Sep 2021 5:48pm
19th Sep 2021 4:15am
Dear A,
Never do today what you can do tomorrow. Procrastination nation. Fabulous. Totally get this. I’m the worst, but I’ve since turned it around and use it as a “that’s why you love me” character trait. (Full disclosure- that never works). This poem works splendidly. Love the Zeus and Hades relationships. H🌷
Never do today what you can do tomorrow. Procrastination nation. Fabulous. Totally get this. I’m the worst, but I’ve since turned it around and use it as a “that’s why you love me” character trait. (Full disclosure- that never works). This poem works splendidly. Love the Zeus and Hades relationships. H🌷
19th Sep 2021 5:58pm
Hello H!!
Thank you for your lovely words. Always great to read. I do put off lots of things. Like my side project I am currently working on. I'm just addicted to this site. I'm just going to enjoy this for the moment. I'll get back to it when I want to. Cause that's how I roll amiga! LOL
Thank you for your lovely words. Always great to read. I do put off lots of things. Like my side project I am currently working on. I'm just addicted to this site. I'm just going to enjoy this for the moment. I'll get back to it when I want to. Cause that's how I roll amiga! LOL
19th Sep 2021 11:32am
19th Sep 2021 5:53pm
Yes!! I've had a lot of tragedies around me and in my family.
Procrastinating with heavy emotions not just physical things on a check list.
Just don't want to deal with so I put in a box. Not healthy but it's what I know. That is why writing is so important for me. Like taking a big exhale. LOL
thanks for commenting.
Procrastinating with heavy emotions not just physical things on a check list.
Just don't want to deal with so I put in a box. Not healthy but it's what I know. That is why writing is so important for me. Like taking a big exhale. LOL
thanks for commenting.
22nd Sep 2021 7:03am
I enjoyed the imagery and the rhythms, emphasized by the line breaks.
Nice intro--
Meter seems a bit off from the beginning, a combination of line breaks and accents. Could be a bit tighter, especially if it were read on-stage, and you wanted to conduct the energy to the crowd.
Enjoyed!
Nice intro--
Meter seems a bit off from the beginning, a combination of line breaks and accents. Could be a bit tighter, especially if it were read on-stage, and you wanted to conduct the energy to the crowd.
Enjoyed!
22nd Sep 2021 11:28pm
Hi Mark!
I have only ever done one reading. Like a check on the bucket list kind of thing. LOL
I see what you mean.
You're right. It could be tighter. I rushed it when I was writing. Something I do struggle with. Patience.
Thanks for commenting
I have only ever done one reading. Like a check on the bucket list kind of thing. LOL
I see what you mean.
You're right. It could be tighter. I rushed it when I was writing. Something I do struggle with. Patience.
Thanks for commenting
6th Nov 2021 8:19pm
6th Nov 2021 8:27pm
Hello!
Thank you for the RL and like.
I don't like to deal with stuff. It is my downfall or a bad trait.
Sometimes we have no choice but if I can put off just for
a few seconds - I will take that too.:)
Thanks for commenting and stopping by!
Thank you for the RL and like.
I don't like to deal with stuff. It is my downfall or a bad trait.
Sometimes we have no choice but if I can put off just for
a few seconds - I will take that too.:)
Thanks for commenting and stopping by!
24th Dec 2022 4:18am
26th Dec 2022 1:42am
24th Dec 2022 4:44am
Apparently, procrastinators get bumped? Lol. Maybe it's a nudge to feed us more.
This is a very good write. It's just enough personal to let us in a little bit, to who Del is about. Maybe even your defining one, to date. I'll take it that way and be impressed by your ability to be so strong. Awesome write, Del.
This is a very good write. It's just enough personal to let us in a little bit, to who Del is about. Maybe even your defining one, to date. I'll take it that way and be impressed by your ability to be so strong. Awesome write, Del.
26th Dec 2022 1:47am
Hey Styx:)
What a great Christmas Gift!
I wasn't sure if you were going to bump it but looks like you did. It's my very first bump! hahaha
So thank you:)
I wrote this a long time ago. Like a quick write - cause I didn't want to feel it - if that makes sense - but I had to get it out.
I haven't been in the mood to write lately.
It's been nice just . . . being content:)
Thanks for the RL buddy!!
What a great Christmas Gift!
I wasn't sure if you were going to bump it but looks like you did. It's my very first bump! hahaha
So thank you:)
I wrote this a long time ago. Like a quick write - cause I didn't want to feel it - if that makes sense - but I had to get it out.
I haven't been in the mood to write lately.
It's been nice just . . . being content:)
Thanks for the RL buddy!!
26th Dec 2022 3:29am
Content is good! Better than malcontent!
When some writers start lagging on feeding the DUP, I remind them with a nudge/bump!
Yet this one is a great write, and deserved a reissue!
Merry Christmas to you, over yonder!
When some writers start lagging on feeding the DUP, I remind them with a nudge/bump!
Yet this one is a great write, and deserved a reissue!
Merry Christmas to you, over yonder!
26th Dec 2022 3:34am
