If I could just concentrate on one thing, I would be unstoppable.
I could accomplish anything with my one-pointed attention.
If I could learn to play guitar,
If I could learn to pronounce vowels with the umlaut,
If I could learn to paint in the abstract impressionist style,
If I could just align my damn chakras,
I could just go home,
I could just do the dishes,
I could just finish this poem
and make the perfect fried egg for a fried egg sandwich
just slightly between over easy and over medium,
If I could just concentrate on one thing!
If I could just wake up every morning at six am
do yoga, take a shower, sit in quiet contemplation,
pick out clothes that matched, write in my journal,
go for a brisk jog,
and make myself a hot bowl
of steel-cut oats everything could be ok every day!
I know it would, if I could just concentrate on one thing.
If I could just develop self-confidence
If I could just develop loving-kindness,
If I could just get Jodi Meadows in bed,
I know we'd live happily ever after
Even though our sixth houses don't
Conjunct with my Venus.
I'm sure of it.
Then I could just concentrate on one thing.
I could just put every extra penny
towards paying off my debt,
no, paying my car insurance,
nono, a trip to nepal,
no, my very own secret labratory!
That's where I could find the cure,
for not being able to concentrate on one thing!
If I could just concentrate on one thing,
I could just market my goods and services,
I could just read all great literature,
I could just live for the moment,
I could perfect
the Art
of the Deal.
I could just concentrate on one thing.
And if I could just concentrate on one thing....
I could just concentrate on one thing.
daniel talsky ©2001