The Plan For Today

"O paladins, the lesson for today
Is how to be unhappy, yet polite!" -- Robert Frost

The Plan:

Today I will accomplish great things, if I don't go back to bed.

No: Today, I will clean the toilets.

The manuscript
is now in print,
in large type that
requires no squint.

The cat's defunct,
the dog has fled.
I will not
go back to bed.

Although today
my moods may vary,
I'll not resort
to Harry Carey.

[OR: Although of life
I may be weary,
I won't resort
to hara kiri.]

And after all
is said and done,
I'll burn my bridges
one by one.

Another cup
of coffee, mates;
and we'll see what
segatuates.