Time-Out

In some scenarios,

Participants can call a time out

That may help someone -

Like an athlete - avoid burnout.

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I need a big breather

This rat race is too much

A fair segment of humanity

Shouts, swear, honks and such.

*

Can't they just send

Someone else in for a spell?

I'm losing my patience

For this world that's going to hell.

*

My pulse has been racing

My muscles are sore

I'm cranky and restless

I can't take very much more.

*

Just give me a day

At the spa or a beach

Somewhere, for a time

Where I'll be out of reach.

*

Just maybe I'll return

On a somewhat even keel

This living - it turns out -

Is quite an ordeal.

*

I'm reaching a low point

Without any doubt

Before that can happen,

I'm calling "time-out."