Team building
It’s all about perseverance,
determination, the will to survive –
don’t you think, Johnson?
Yeeach
One needs to pace one’s self
plan ahead, look to the future –
isn’t that right?
Uh humph
Don’t question how we find ourselves floating
in this frigid water, blame is useless, we’re teammates after all –
are you with me, teammate Johnson?
Mmnffphh
Look down river at the roiling boil
class four rapids lying in wait –
do you see them?
Arrrghh
Some would call this certain death
Others, true champions, would rise up to face the challenge –
so, what’s it going to be, Johnson?
Gasp
Johnson?
Blub
Let the record show that Johnson
went with certain death, whereas I,
wearing only my thick skin of courage,
and this buoyant life preserver
from the capsized Outward Bound canoe
chose to venture forward in the spirit of oh shit…
9:18:21 PM  Poems
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