When you think of your personal best
and find that you’ve been able to beat it
not through a grand accomplishment
but through steady bulldog plugging away,
just nose-to-the-grindstone rubbing at the problem
until the eraser has disappeared to a nub.

Through work and endeavor
you find yourself more excellenter
at metaphor and expression
and getting your point across clearly and directly
without having to beat the point home
through repeatedisms through the block.

And you congratulation yourself for all you’ve done
because you may do it again tomorrow
and Thursday, to boot!