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An Ode to the Overwhelmed

Forwarded in an email by a friend.  Loved this! :) And as you stand there Late again Because you forgot to allow time to park And the elevator was slow And you left 10 minutes late to begin with With your shoes that pinch And your pants that are a little too small Since you started eating white bread again And as you paw through your bag Looking for the suite number That you're not sure you wrote down to begin with Let us now praise you. You, the untidy. You, the careless. You, the easily distracted by sparkly things. The money you spend on late fees alone Could feed a family in Africa - Which reminds you that you meant to send in the kids' Unicef money and Forgot. And that despite your best efforts, You rarely eat a square meal, You almost never get enough sleep And exercise seems like a word that magazines have developed Just to make you feel bad about yourself. But you are good and brave. You, flying by the seat of your pants Making it work...