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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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I Heard a Sigh...

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Submitted by Surgeo Church on January 15, 2008 - 12:47.

I heard a sigh in my opening line;
My heart beat was ticking like a time bomb.
I spoke my words unto the air,
And poise bled my coruscating thoughts.

Hundreds of ears heard my soul,
Spilled out like tumbling raindrops.
As silent as they were; my voice alone echoed the hall;
I felt the trembling excitement and hope.

But, oh astonishing audience,
Must I not think so much of thee?
For athwart the crowd, I looked and gazed,
But all I heard was a sigh at me.

From then I stood, face to face,
With a fear in which I never knew.
Did they like me, or did they not?
Complete my voyage must I do.

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