Sonnet: Labor, The Harder Way Round

Jogging’s not better than the running act; To run on sand is tougher than on ground; A rumor is not equal to the fact; Go by the voice and not recorded sound. The act is more than the preceding thought; The hiatus is great between the two; To curb the thought if it is bad, we ought; The nexus ’twixt the mind and hand- Undo. You learn to run on much rocky terrain; You learn to run both slowly and quite fast; By practice, there are plenty things to gain; Be undeterred of things sad of the past. ’Tis nice to train in worst possible states; ’Tis wrong to rely on some lucky dates. 6-27-2001