A Discourse On Antigravitational Skydiving Poem by Kaz Kawasaki

“Early to Bed, Early to Rise
Makes a man healthy wealthy and wise”
This is what I was told once
But as I sit here eating the same corn flakes
That I have eaten for the past four years
I realize

This is boring

Where’s the spice of my lifestyle?
Where’s the sponataiety?
Shouldn’t I be midnight skiing
Or skydiving off the space shuttle?
Where did all the time go?
What should I do first?

But as I sit here in the stars
Parachute strapped to my back
I realize the reason for humanity’s routine
It’s safe, it’s assured
And even when we don’t know if we’ll die
We know we’ll be doing the same thing the next day

These corn flakes don’t taste all that bad