Perfectly Imperfect

Published: Feb. 2, 2021, 5 a.m.

"I have had it with perfection.

I have packed my bags,

I am out of here.

Gone.

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As certain as rain

will make you wet,

perfection will do you in.

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It droppeth not as dew

upon the summer grass

to give liberty and greenjoy.

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Perfection straineth out

the quality of mercy,

withers rapture at itsbirth.

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Before the battle is half begun,

cold probity thinks

it can't be won, concedes the

war.

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I've handed in my notice,

given back my keys,

signed my severance check, I

quit.

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Hints I could have taken:

Even the perfect chiseled form of

Michelangelo's radiant David

squints,

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the Venus de Milo

has no arms,

the Liberty Bell is

cracked."

-Kilian McDonnell - Perfection, Perfection