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14. Procrastination. If you had more time, you’d be able to put it off longer. What do you put off to the last moment? Why? Tell a story about how you just barely got something done in time – or didn’t.
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Too Much

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Too much.
All too much.
Too much for me to handle.
I just can't, but I try.

All too much for me to handle.
All so hard to live like this.
Too much work, too much play.
Too much joy, too much pain.
All so much, I just don't want.

More than enough, is way too much,
more, more, than much,
if more at all, too much much more,
if ever more, i got a rest,
I should take it in a flash.

Cannot think, nor sleep, or dream,
stress and pain are like caffeine,
breathe hard, but it does not go away,
I might just melt, and drift
to who knows where,
or who even cares.

I don't want to do my work,
but it must be done, and by me,
but somewhere inside,
there is a little boy
who just doesn't give a dam.

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