The Monkey Trap

I had this little situation

we know it is often these little situations

that loosen the handbrake

of the train of thought

It must have been yes it was

in my car...but nothing around the handbrake

rather than: something had rolled under my seat

I think it was a bottle

so I reached for it but as I got a hold on it

I could not get my hand back out again!

I think I tried three times

then I had to laugh out loud

as the Djinn in the bottle laughed at me even louder saying:

Remember the Monkey Trap?

How to catch a monkey with a fruit

in a container with a narrowing neck?

Monkey would take fruit but with prey in hand

couldn't get it back out again

and monkey would just...not...let...go!

So you see

tempted and tested we are

a hundred times a day

a million times in life

if we stubbornly grasp and hold-onto the fruit

or if we can loosen the grip

let go and be free

Still Monkey?