The Later

 It didn’t really matter, 

the chatter about the ladder, 

because Augie had gotten fatter 

and there was no way 

he was roof-bound 

as round as he had become. 

But dumb luck intervened 

and Augie, would see himself 

up to the challenge. 

But as the rickety ladder, 

creaking with spite, 

and as he climbed 

it didn't matter

but its protests went unheeded, 

and gravity wasn’t cheated 

as he reached the pinnacle, 

he realized 

"something wasn’t right..." 

just as the ladder shattered.

And yet, ironically Profound: 

Rotund men are right to try.

 

V