Today’s word is “fussbudget” ... a fussy or needlessly fault-finding person. (Dictionary.com)
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It comes from an unlikely place,
This fussbuget’s messy mode.
She longs to see the her world pristine,
Not to criticize and gode.
She has a vision of her place,
And how all things should be,
From the way her forks are laid,
To the waves upon the sea.
In her imagination all is well,
Order and peace prevail,
We all speak grammatically,
And manners never fail.
Nothing’s dusty or a mess,
Her books neat upon the shelf,
And she herself is perfect,
(She wishes for herself.)
But, in fact, she sees the flaws,
Indeed, they’re everywhere,
So she’ll continually point them out,
Hoping to make all clear and fair.
It is exhausting, certainly,
To feel this heavy weight,
She can’t make all things perfect,
But she could in mercy wait.
Anne Selleck
Copyright 2020
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