Nancy L. Meek

THE BEST STANCE

A leopard’s spots cannot be changed
No matter what you do
Unless, of course, by an act of God
For an example, let’s look at you…

If it not for your loss of limb,
You might be up and doing,
Running off to God knows where…
The fast life hotly pursuing

You might be dancing cheek-to-cheek
With some floozy in a bar
Or passed out in a parking lot
Too drunk to find your car

You might be playing pool somewhere
Losing all your hard-earned dough
Or then again, in a fight out there
With some other drunk you know

So maybe you are better off
Exactly where you’re at
Thinking ‘bout what might have been
Did you ever think of that?!