Foiled Again Poem by Tom Courtney

Foiled Again



Have you found the paradox?
The stealthy critter to outfox
the logic of our better minds?
the cautious facts a person finds?

Have you had the good snafu?
the missing sock in your left shoe?
You tried to get to work on time
You found a nickel lost a dime?

And have you ever found out later
Your sharkskin suit was alligator?
Your cashmere sweater soft and fine
was hanging on the wrong sale line?

You got it home and hung it dry
It shrank from large to small to fly?

I stepped out to the street today
I had a plan to see what may
intrude upon my best-laid line
The day was night - it was the wine

I like to have excuses now
to blame the fates, the sacred cow
The Neilson rating and E F Hutton
all conspired to lose my button

Powers that beyond me be
are ever acting – set me free!
Let me have my interaction
with others sharing my infraction

Those who broke eternal rules
Chalk it up – the best of fools
have thoughts of what we try to be
The final measure will not see

Whatever we had set in motion
All confusion – such commotion
You see I only ask the question
The answers bring my indigestion

The best laid plans of mice and men
will come to haunt me once again

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