Thinking Cap Poem by John Sensele

Contain tendencies to erupt
At situations you ill perceive
When precipitous actions disrupt
Solutions and suggestions you'd better conceive and receive.

Contain tendencies to exacerbate
Matters already in turmoil
For reasons you ill debate when you least concentrate
On substance rather than on boiling oil when you least toil.

Contain tendencies to mar
Circumstances in flux
As you pour on stakeholders tar at the bar
When you ignore critics' crux.

Contain tendencies to self harm
Reacting without grasping gist
Inherent in environments that disarm
Precipitous decisions crying and flying in a twist.