Get out of bed, you lazy lout!
No need to lie in useless pout
About the things you must do without.
So you're tired – mired – but never doubt
Their nasty causes you can clout.
Do not shrink back. Be firmly stout.
The glooms of age you can always flout.
Arise and shine to dance and shout.
Remember what life’s all about.
Get up! Get out! You lazy lout!
Cynthia Buell Thomas
June, 2015
Certainly for myself. I don't know about other people - have to assume getting-up blues are similar with us all, regardless of clock time.
'the glooms of age' can be any age; a 14-year-old can sure have the 'glooms' big time; or a twenty-something etc.
The "the" in line three is superfluous as is the "that" in line seven.
I like the idea of a morning mantra. The older I get the more I have to talk myself out of the bed in the mornings but I'm not quite sure Cynthia whether this one is for us or one you use yourself?
Good to se you posting more regularly too!
very best regards,
Graham
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Harry O'Neill
Fri 5th Jun 2015 21:32
Cynthia,
Nice selection of `out` rhymes. And only repeated one word (appropriately) at the end of the first and last line.