When open cracks the eye to cloudy gray
Outside like heaven or inside of sleep
I turn and close an hour more to stay
For dewy dreams to grow and so to reap,
When next I wake the sky is blue and bright
A nudge to imitate the risen sun
To work and sweat until the fall of night
Admits the possibility of fun,
But if sky frames them both, the need to choose
Excites emotion: guilt, ambition, lust
Desire to win and worry not to lose
A cause for action and, if not, disgust.
The Barroom Sage says though, "It's best to wait
To let the gods or nature settle Fate."
23 May 2023
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