new box

twice the contractor needed

to run to the hardware store

for the guts of an electrical outlet

as people had carried with them

their worn pieces to set into the box

when they slipped out the new

he had bought the new box but

strangely, their old, worn ones

did my outlet no good at all

on the hedge

we seldom risk it all'

“Only bet what you can afford to lose!” seems good advice

until the moment comes we must decide who and what we are

will a sneak suffice? or will it bring us down in our own estimation

for the rest of our lives?

we are forced to look again at what we can afford to lose:

ourselves

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Readers Comment: “WOW! Pray we take the time and have the wisdom to make best choices.” SA Oregon