Giving In

By 'Xevious' Pat Banks




I can't take this aggravation.
This annoyance and frustration.
It's really fraying on my nerves.
Is it the devil that it serves?


I'm stalked as I sit down to eat
And when I'm strolling down the street.
Appearing right when I awake.
It never stops for goodness sake!


It's impossible to read a book
Feed the goats or try to cook.
I've put up a gallant fight
Against this pest with all my might.


But I cannot run. I cannot hide.
Every measure I have tried
For freedom from this constant strife
That's bugged me my entire life.


I might as well just face the facts
Accept my fate, give up, relax.
For the sooner I submit
The quicker I'll get used to it.


Then the habit should take hold
And stay with me as I grow old.
Forever will I brush in place
This lock of hair out of my face.


END