My Yellow Inquisition Poem by Kaz Kawasaki

Sticky notes of my life
Attempts to organize spill over my desk
They cover my computer with moss-like intensity
Violate my notebooks with the reverence of habit
Untamed, their faces stick their tongues out at me
Beg for my attention, and flaunt their influence over me
With waves of their yellow flags
Bold ink to celebrate their cause.

Sometimes I wonder what would happen
If I threw them out.
The inquisition of my day.
And then, with my desk empty,
I would sit down,
Lean back,
And wonder what those sticky notes said.
So that I could quickly distract myself from them