last chance

Luck is always the last refuge of laziness
and incompetence.—James Cash Penney

chances are dances,
when there are plenty,
that leave you empty
as time advances.
 
one day the rope-fray
becomes your own noose;
no more can you choose
how high to ballet.
 
last chance is last dance,
then comes the jury,
freedom or fury,
rape of circumstance.
 
© Copyright 2021 November 30
by Clyve A. Bowen♫