yesterday was a day of reckoning
go, go, go with engine perpetually revving
unfettered by a dismal, rainy day
we went to san mateo to check out kay
selling olive oil at “home and garden” display

parked the car and walked towards the main exhibit hall
mud on the tarmac was awaiting moi to slip and fall
the tailbone took the impact and sent a reverberating shock
dispensing the agony, i regained my stance, pain to block

muttering that i am ok, visions evaporated as i tried to walk with clout
in a nanosecond tizzy, i lost all control and passed flat out
now nursing whiplash, sore back, head and butt
spent today writing audit workpapers to get out of the rut

gleaned lesson learned
as more haste, speed to spurn

slip slidin’ away
slip slidin’ away
u know the nearer the destination
the more you’re slip slidin’ away

God only knows
God makes His plans
the information is unavailable
to the mortal man
we work our jobs
collect our pay
believe we’re gliding down the highway
when in fact we’re slip slidin away

yea, need to slow down, been moving too fast
gotta make the morning last
take care kicking down the cobblestones
when looking for fun and feeling groovy

got Thy deeds still to do
got Thy promises to keep
now dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep
let the morning time drop all its petals on me
life and Lord i love u
all is groovy