WOEFULLY TARDY

WOEFULLY TARDY

To work, I go very slow.
I don’t want to be there, I know!
To work, I go very slow.

I linger, squander, don’t go ~
snoozing or wasting time.
I don’t want to be there, I know!

Habitual lateness:  my crime,
I am always running late ~
snoozing or wasting time.

With nothing new to debate,
my conscience starts pleading, but
I am always running late!

Hoping every day it's a rut ~
stressed by the struggle, again I've stumbled.
My conscience starts pleading, but…

Tardy and well-dressed, though humbled ~
stressed by the struggle, again I've stumbled.
To work, I go very slow.
To work, I go very slow.

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My first attempt at the "Terzanelle" poetry form, written for: "Invalid Item" 
and submitted for Day 7 - January 24.

[There is no meter or syllable count dedicated to this form, but each line should be similar in length or metrical count, and the rhyme pattern for this form is:  ABA, bCB, cDC, dED, eFE, and you may choose either fAFA or fFAA for the final stanza.  See http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/terzanelle.html for examples of this form.]