Ladders and Slides
By: Austin Robertson
Alluring, accelerated paths promise adventure and speed
Slides offer happiness and fulfillment of your needs.
Yet, these momentary diversions on the slipper slope down
Will always have a rendezvous with the ground.
Ladders offer no speed or instant pleasure
No shiny surfaces and no hidden treasures.
They’re daunting, difficult, dirty, and often dull
Steps aimed heavenward against gravity’s pull.
The pace and toil is too much for most
So slides are their choice of which they boast.
I search for ladders without slides,
Without slides on the other side.
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