Come Prepared Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

If anyone wishes to get anywhere,
The best strategy to use...
To combat against disappointment,
Is being motivated with intiative.
With a doing of it to stay prepared.

However...
One prevailing through,
The telling of fairytales...
To compare what one needs,
As a prerequisite to do...
Will always be regarded,
As a fool who proves...
A listening with attention to comprehend,
Is something they believe is beneath them.

What qualifications do you think decribes why,
You are so deserving?

'Well,
I...'

Get back. Step aside.
Even thoroughbreds showing up at this racetrack,
Aren't guaranteed to win.
And they know that.
But the difference they make,
You have yet to appreciate...
Is a doing whatever you can with it done,
To come prepared.

'Prepared?
Prepared for what? '

In your case...
Prepared to turn around and get out of my face.