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Coasting Along in a Clown Car

And so you begin telling a story . . .
a short story . . .
a short story with an unhappy ending . . .
just to show off . . .
just to show that you can . . .
tell a story with an unhappy ending . . .
about the Founding Mothers . . .
and Founding Fathers . . .
who tried to lord it over . . .
riding around town in a clown car . . .
not unlike you . . .
coasting along in a clown car . . .
until the gig backfires . . .
leaving associates picking nits . . .
standing on their heads . .  .
in the rain . . .
picking nits . . .
the water level rising . . . .
On the other hand . . . nothing . . . .
This could be a wake-up call . . .
a wake-up call . . .
at an inopportune time . . .
but then you knew what was coming . . .
you'd read the menu . . .
outside . . . on the door . . .
before you entered the fray . . .
before you entered the restaurant . . .
and now you're being seated . . .
and it's too late to return . . .
the damaged goods . . .
too late . . . to return to . . .
the damaged players . . . .
You've overshot the grace period . . . .
You've overshot the grace . . . period . . . .
You could have at least tried . . .
to repair the plumbing . . .
to repair the roof . . .
to flip the bungalow . . .
to make reservations at a Three-Star . . .
but instead you decided to tell a story . . .
a short story . . .
a short story with an unhappy ending . . .
just to show off . . .
just to show that you could . . .
just to show . . . whatever . . .

but I know you better . . . .