Funny, how after being such the champion
And wrestling with myself
To make myself accomplish
The hardest task first,
I am rewarded with neither cheers nor laurels,
But with the realization that the shortened to-do list—
Me having crossed out with a flourish the aforementioned
Heroically-accomplished first task—
Is still replete with a succession of
Newly-promoted successor hardest tasks,
For each of which I must again
Force myself into action.
And I think I could embrace the heroism of it all
Much better if it did not have to be my own.
See also The Hardest Task First, which was written a couple of hours before this one.
