{"id":1893,"date":"2019-02-02T15:25:25","date_gmt":"2019-02-02T15:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/?p=1893"},"modified":"2020-02-25T08:09:37","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T08:09:37","slug":"procrastination-i-need-to-think-about-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/?p=1893","title":{"rendered":"Procrastination? I Need To Think About That&#8230;.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Would becoming more decisive be a good decision? I\u2019m trying to decide\u2026..<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-1907 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/TPOTG-Procrastination-with-frame.jpg\" alt=\"TPOTG Procrastination with frame\" width=\"377\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/TPOTG-Procrastination-with-frame.jpg 510w, http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/TPOTG-Procrastination-with-frame-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;m pondering on something that I have just heard,<br \/>It&#8217;s &#8220;procrastination&#8221;, an unusual word;<br \/>I&#8217;m trying to decide if I&#8217;ve heard it before,<br \/>I think I might have, but I&#8217;m not really sure.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Five syllables long, but what does it mean?<br \/>I need to find out, (hope it&#8217;s nothing obscene),<br \/>But I can\u2019t decide where I should look,<br \/>Should I go online or refer to a book?<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Perhaps ask a friend, but then again, maybe not,<br \/>Just in case I didn\u2019t like the answer I got,<br \/>And anyway it might not speed up the task,<br \/>As I\u2019d have to decide which friend I would ask.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Should I look this morning; or this afternoon?<br \/>Or investigate tomorrow? Today is a little too soon.<br \/>Maybe I won\u2019t look at all, oh I just can\u2019t decide,<br \/>But there\u2019s no need to rush, I\u2019ve got time on my side.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">I think I need to reflect and have a tea break,<br \/>Or would coffee be better, help keep me awake?<br \/>And the tea or the coffee, in a mug or a cup?<br \/>So many decisions, they just keep mounting up.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">My voyage of discovery may well be life changing,<br \/>So the pro\u2019s and the cons need careful arranging;<br \/>I just must be wary as my enquiries are progressed,<br \/>Don\u2019t want to do anything that might leave me distressed.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Perhaps it would be better to postpone my investigation,<br \/>And forget all about the meaning of procrastination?<br \/>At least I feel sure, well, with near certainty,<br \/>That procrastination won&#8217;t have anything to do with me!<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-2613 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/TOOTG-Copyright-2016-2020-01.jpg\" alt=\"TOOTG Copyright 2016-2020 01\" width=\"197\" height=\"118\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/TOOTG-Copyright-2016-2020-01.jpg 5000w, http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/TOOTG-Copyright-2016-2020-01-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/TOOTG-Copyright-2016-2020-01-768x461.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/TOOTG-Copyright-2016-2020-01-644x386.jpg 644w, http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/TOOTG-Copyright-2016-2020-01-1200x720.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Would becoming more decisive be a good decision? I\u2019m trying to decide\u2026.. I&#8217;m pondering on something that I have just heard,It&#8217;s &#8220;procrastination&#8221;, an unusual word;I&#8217;m trying to decide if I&#8217;ve heard it before,I think I might have, but I&#8217;m not really sure. Five syllables long, but what does it mean?I&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/?p=1893\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[144],"tags":[131,259,257,255,11,10,254,30,12,258,256,31],"class_list":["post-1893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-to-make-you-smile","tag-coffee","tag-confusion","tag-decisons","tag-friend","tag-poems","tag-poetry","tag-procrastination","tag-reflecting","tag-rhymes","tag-tea","tag-thoughts","tag-verse"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phbx6B-ux","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1893"}],"version-history":[{"count":56,"href":"http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2721,"href":"http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1893\/revisions\/2721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}