WINS

When you dare,
you will fail.
Even if you succeed
eighty eight percent of the time
– hell, NINETY eight percent –
there’s still those small percentage points
of you
being a failure
and nothing can take that away from you.
You will have lost
forever.

Better, surely,
to remain safe,
strong,
secure
from an embarrassment of bitches
calling you a loser,
reveling in your shame.

To try
is to fail.
Why not consider
the alternative?