Stripped Free Of All Foolishness Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

I live my life to achieve,
With the getting of results.
There is no place I make,
For the celebrating of nonsense.
Nor will I welcome a visit of it to stay.
Too many have become addicted to it.

Only one time did I play along,
With that follow the leader concept.
And I had been in the military,
Being trained to be one.
'Stand straight, shut up and listen.
Unless you prefer licking my boots? '

To be stripped free of all foolishness,
Is no fun when someone else is in command.
And demanding it to be done 24/7,
With orders barked and nowhere to run.
Or hoping that a drill sargeant will ignore,
The revealing of fears or hears a call out for 'mama'.