December 7th: Make Shift

A universal irritant is that

Which doesn’t function when it is desired,

Especially when someone is left flat,

Bereft of services that are required.

Thus scrambling must commence to fill the need

To find a work-around that will augment

One’s assets and, with fortune, may succeed

So well the fix becomes quite permanent.

But failure of the old, familiar guard

Makes room for different thinking in the ranks,

And while the old’s not something to discard,

The new’s a thing for which one can give thanks.

The que...