Procedures Poem by Joe Hughes

I'm surrounded by procedures,
For everything I do,
Procedures for my eating,
There's one to use the loo!

Procedures at my work place,
Procedures at my church,
Procedures when I'm parking,
Procedures when I burp.

Procedures when I'm born,
Procedures when I die,
Procedures when I marry,
Procedures when I fly.

I can't avoid procedures,
They're with me everywhere,
They follow me where ere I go,
They're as common as the air.

In writing rhyming couplets,
In writing wordy terse,
There's procedures to be followed
In writing down free verse.

I will avoid procedures,
I won't do as I am told,
I'll rebel, I'll do my own thing,
I'll be free, so very bold.

I thought they were my enemy,
I've just got to make amends,
For now I realise the truth -
Procedures are my friends!