So many annoying tidsoptimists,
Not even the alarm threatening these time optimist!
Ha, never realising time and tide wait for no man,
Getting up late, always late for duty to attend.
It is fine not to be overanxious, but being peaceful.
Fine to have your morning tea, feeling joyful.
But for heaven’s sake, fooling around for eternity,
Your boss on whom depends your salary
Is simply baffling,
Risky and look like with your job trifling.
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Makes me remember the piles of letters
Of optimists of time, yes, the late arrival letters,
Presented in the staff meetings,
Oh, so very humiliating!
Names of the tidsoptimists, so disconcerting,
Proclaimed before all the education officers present,
Supposed to be best models to students.
The same culprits, ironically, dressed impeccably,
Wearing makeup, sitting unashamedly
To hear this announcement, full of disappointment,
Without the least embarrassment.
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Unbelievable that tidsoptimists can be incorrigible,
Not realising that they are their own enemy, destructible!
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©Pushmaotee Subrun
Mauritius.
The Scandinavian concept of “ time optimism “ , which causes people to be late because they think they still have time , is an intriguing one. Indian Standard Time which is known in short as IST , is often ironically referred to as Indian Stretchable Time. The poet has no time for such habitual procrastinators and argues that lack of punctuality shows inter alia a lack of consideration for others .
Thanks poet Amita for your kind comment!
This engaging poem employs irony and satire in order to take to task insensitve tidsoptimists.
Thank you dear poet Vijay for your kind comment!