Skimp on a step, find a shortcut again
The elaborate methods cause too much pain
Abbreviated phrases, vowels dropped out
Are faster to type without a doubt
Use the chopper, microwave, instant pot
Flavor sacrificed, but the thought
Of saving time occupies my mind
No gourmet meals, but more time I can find
To devote to the million things I have to do-
Use robotic vacuums, multitask in cleaning too
Try to read while running on the treadmill
With one stone of time, two birds I can kill
Listen to a journal article as a podcast
While my dinner is prepared fast
Finish a work-day, take that flight red-eye
Attend a meeting, return, on a caffeine-filled high
Time is a luxury, never enough
Without finding shortcuts, life would be tough…
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My instant-mix kind of life carries a cost
Any sense of pleasure in daily life is lost
Food prepared by oversimplification
Is less aromatic, provides less gratification
The mis-spelt words of texts are unsettling to me
This was not what the Queen’s language was supposed to be
Robots can clean, but I do miss
Scrubbing a corner clean, and the resulting bliss..
Do I listen to microwave beeps or data scientific
One of these I certainly have to pick
The enthusiasm with which a new article I would read
Has been lost to the myth of multitasking indeed…
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So I have decided to choose an area each week
Where I don’t cut corners, I don’t seek
Time-saving tactics, rather follow elaborate
And complete methods, I can proudly state
That the time-tested methods yield results that are
More satisfying, more soul-stirring, by far
Passion...unbridled 
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