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# Trouble Following Instructions
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/trouble-following-instructions/
- Published: 2022-09-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-09-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: well, I've stopped to smell the roses someone better tell me when these contemplative, faux poses satisfy their inner Zen there is SO MUCH left to do as I sit here and I stew
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Short Poem, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

well, I've stopped to smell the roses  
someone better tell me when  
these contemplative, faux poses  
satisfy their inner Zen  
there is SO MUCH left to do  
as I sit here and I stew

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**Author notes:** painting by Michael and Inessa Garmash