day one hundred seventy-eight: when it doesn't happen or if it never did.

act out
just once
do something
totally wrong
but still right
just not
for you
or what's
expected of you
and that once
will leave everyone
shocked and wondering
when it will
happen again

but when it doesn't
or if it never did

follow the "rules"
laid down by superiors
and fogies
of yesteryear
and be considered lame
and be told
"take chances;
one life;
live it big"
but do that
just once
and you're condemned
never to be seen
as "good"
in the eyes of certain
people
ever
ever again.