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Word Play - NOT taking on the Weight of the New Year
Please use the following: plan, weight, drunk, hang, over, rolls, blubber, binge, shake, fail but the your entry CANNOT in any way refer to weight loss or the New Year
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Catching_Zzzs in Stream of Consciousness
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Work Cycle

And so the cycle continues,

Because I never learn.

Another plan,

Another chance,

Another project or task,

So simple and easy to follow,

Yet also so easy to forget,

So easy to fail.

The weight of expectations,

The feeling of eyes, always watching,

Continues to hang over me

And judge

Every move, every mistake,

Every frustrated defeat.

It only adds to my own judgement

Of myself, of my work.

The bed and its sheets,

Thick as blubber,

Attempts at luring me into sleep.

With a shake of the head,

The thought, like a marble,

Rolls out of my mind.

I continue to work until the darkness

And the sheet swallow me whole.

I must get drunk off this feeling.

Why else would I continue

To keep myself from production,

And then binge the night before

An assignment is due?

It's better than waiting for sleep.

And so the cycle continues,

Because I cannot learn.

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KassandraDick 
Bravo! You encapsulated the pattern, stated the problem, and wrapped it all up nicely! I laughed at: And then binge the night before An assignment is due? :)
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Catching_Zzzs
Thank you so much for your comment! I really appreciate the feedback, and I'm glad that you enjoyed this piece :))