A 4pm Decision

Let me ask you something

Was that a 4pm decision?

You know, was that something you decided
At a reasonable hour
In a good mood
After a period of rest and careful thought?

Did you decide this
After writing a list of pro and cons
Or was this a decision made
During an argument
Before a hurricane
Or after making love?

Was that a 4pm decision?

Because it seems to me
That what we might have here
Is the result
Of a 3am decision

Rash, rushed, and devoid of sanity

The hour at which
You make any decision
Ultimately affects
The outcome

Now, a 3pm decision isn't so bad
And a 5 or 6pm decision can be even better
Than a 4pm decision
But very few of us
Have the luxury
Of making decisions at those hours

So most of the time
The best you can hope for
Is good old 4pm

But something tells me
You didn't bother waiting

Something tells me
You woke up in the middle of the night
Maybe 3am or 4, maybe 4am
And you decided to make a major life change

Then you went to your laptop
Wrote a bunch of e-mails
Perhaps threw in some obscenities
And some offensive jokes
Then concluded the whole thing
With a picture of your genitalia
And went back to bed

That's what I'm thinking this is

So I'm just going to go ahead
And disregard the whole thing

I'm sure that's what you'd like to do too

So go on back to your office
And send out a letter of apology
To the rest of the company
Letting them know
That you were suffering from a fever
Or smallpox
Or both

And the next time you decide to call me
'A walking turd'
Please spell 'turd' correctly

Oh, and check your watch

Even a walking turd knows
That it's all about the timing