Poem - Failure
@arthurchappell (45002)
Preston, England
February 10, 2016 8:52am CST
Another verse inspired by a Jess Lynn @Jessicalynnt challenge this time incorporating the words Drop run dodge jump shift
I bodge any job I can’t dodge
I can’t shift the weights I try to lift
I have to stop before I drop
People run as if I have a gun before I’m done
Making a mess, and I have to confess
It gives me the hump that even if I was to jump
Off a tower block or a cliff-side rock
I’d fail to take my life, and the knife
I’d use on my veins would be too blunt
My efforts would look like another pathetic stunt
In my Inspector Clouseau existence
My mistakes pile up with such persistence
That everyone thinks I plan it all out
They can’t believe anyone can fall about
And fail so much without deliberately trying
I’m only alive because I’m no good at dying
I only laugh because I can't master crying.
Arthur Chappell
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
10 Feb 16
yes mistakes as its a poem about incompetence or at least self-depreciation
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
10 Feb 16
Both lovely and sad at the same time, very nice! I was hoping you'd still do these, always enjoy yours! 
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@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
11 Feb 16
I wasn't really sure what to expect by your title. Funny. At first I didn't realize that you were actually telling a story with this, but then I got into the rhythm and 'got it'.
Maybe Alfredo, @amadeo has never seen the Inspector Clouseau movies? If not, he should check them out sometime. They are a riot.
