On Lacking Ambition

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  • Ennui

    On Lacking Ambition

    There is no doubt but that I lack
    It is that I have a certain knack
    For having less than a single ounce
    Of ambition upon which to pounce
    It is not that I am content
    Rather that I am extremely malcontent
    For the world has not caught up to me
    In what my imagination does see

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    laydbak1 commented on On Lacking Ambition

    07-29-2009

    Ok, caught me... I started off dreaming again right after the last word... lol.... It is a sad thing, though... How our friends can't sometimes join us in our imagination... It would be great fun, I think... Good, short write WF....

    ginga commented on On Lacking Ambition

    07-27-2009

    Winter, Clever, revealing, and cerebral. I like its brevity and succinct message. Ginga

    Dreamer123 commented on On Lacking Ambition

    07-20-2009

    ooooo! very confusing! but very well written! i like the way you rhymed that was cool. I like the line "for having less than a single ounce Of ambition upon which to pounce." that was an awesome punch line. great write

    1990lh commented on On Lacking Ambition

    07-16-2009

    really great job winter as always you are a really great writer

    Poetry is what is lost in translation.

    Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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