Slight change of pace today. Not a big List Poem writer. But wanted to try a TO DO LIST list poem. The rest is both sad & self -explanatory.

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the TO DO LIST poem

• find the to do list you made yesterday

• prioritise the tasks on that list
• then do the things on that list
• actually do the next thing first

• add the things you forgot to put on yesterday’s list, including:
  • pay bills (it doesn’t matter which ones, they’re all due)
  • submit the article that was due last week
  • read the book you need to review
  • wash the dishes (no seriously, you’re out of cutlery)
  • buy fresh milk
  • stop making cups of tea then absentmindedly adding off-milk
  • throw out off-milk
  • clean out whole fridge while you’re at it
  • take cans to recycling
  • register the dog
    • buy the dog a collar
    • register the dog, put the rego disc on the dog’s collar, put the collar on the dog
• then prioritise the NEW list
• work out how much time is left in the day
• allocate a specific time to get each task done
• make sure you stick to the schedule
• get first two things done which takes 3 times as long as you thought
• make coffee so you can stay up late tonight getting things crossed off the NEW list
• absentmindedly add off-milk
• don’t just put the off-milk back in the fridge, throw it out
• treat yourself to a short stretch on top of the bed
  ——(ostensibly to read some of that book you need to review)

• fall asleep after three pages
• wake up, groggy, too late to make proper meal
• eat half a can of baked beans cold from the tin
• make a cup of tea
• absentmindedly add off-milk
• seriously why didn’t you throw that milk out, it’s not hard
• climb in to bed proper
• think of all the things you need to add to tomorrow’s to do list
• promptly fall asleep & forget everything you need to add

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