Don't miss deadlines or your lifelines
Sadly I missed my very first
So I was born Caesarian
My delay had not been rehearsed
Our five-year-old learned about time
She demanded a big pink clock
She watches as the hands turn round
Breakfast, lunch, dinner, school, bed, stop
She asked what is a lifeboat for
We don't want to make her panic
No need to tell her of shipwrecks
Rules dating from the Titanic
We tell her you must have plan B
For each eventuality
If your big boat is stuck on rocks
Go home on small boats pulled from blocks
Another deadline passed today
My poem missed it yesterday
So it will not be in a book
But it's on here, dear, if you look.
-ends-
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