Persistence

Oh, no, here it comes again

Plagued by that same nagging score,

Like that fussy Fuller Brush Man 

Knock-knock-knocking on my door

Like the (ding-dong) Avon lady

Hawking, squawking evermore,

Runs around in circles like

A rowboat sculled by just one oar.

 

If I say it oft enough

Perhaps you’ll take it to be true.

Not so sure if that reflects

More shamefully on me or you.

But many pacts and promises are

Rubber-stamped without a clue

Because some unrelenting fool

Refused to drop the other shoe.

 

In truth of truth, to close a plan and

Bring it to fruition

Requires a resolute someone

Persistent in his mission.