<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=543832" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Time For Swimming</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">When the day becomes hot and hazy<br>And I become tired and lazy, <br>All I can do is keep on reneging, <br>For the vast lawn needs mowing, <br>And the vegetable garden needs hoeing, <br>And work must come before swimming.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It seems that the grass has grown taller<br>And I get an immediate urge to holler.<br>Why can't I forget this awful dreaming, <br>That I was always on the brink of sneezing, <br>And constantly plagued with episodes of wheezing, <br>Until soothing in the water with ease in breathing? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The sun seems to quiver and know<br>As I think of the old swimming hole, <br>I rest my aching body and keep reneging, <br>Of course my work I am not shirking, <br>But it's just too hot and humid for working, <br>It's about time to sneak out and go swimming.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I notice the sun in the azure sky beaming<br>And again I catch myself dreaming, <br>As the perspiration continues dripping, <br>But my tasks have me outsmarted, <br>And I plod along slowly and half - hearted, <br>Thinking of the old gang going dipping.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I face reality and refrain from dreaming<br>And seek relief from the humidity with meaning, <br>And go to the swimming hole that is brimming.<br>Life is too short to constantly worry, <br>So why should I continue to be in a hurry? <br>It's summer and a time for swimming.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Joseph+T.+Renaldi">Joseph T. Renaldi</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=543832" data-title="A Time For Swimming de Joseph T. Renaldi" data-description="When the day becomes hot and hazy And I become tired and lazy, All I can do is keep on reneging, For the vast lawn needs mowing, And the vegetable garden needs hoeing, And work must come before swimming. It seems that the grass has grown tall..."></div> </div> </div>

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