they knocked him for his routine

                                   be it family friends strangers overhearing joined in

What a lousy routine.

                        or

You ought to break that like a bad habit.

he appreciated their unsolicited  concern

though he had a response a quip he liked quips werent a dime a dozen

                                                                          Your breathing Oughta knock tha off

routine

        wasnt a bad thingmade his bed every morningHell he even made his bed before going out to deliver his two paper routes

              did them for ten years through his freshman year of college

which at that time exceeded half his life

his routine was stone

he found that people broke themselves trying to break his determination they didnt care for his assertiveness his thoroughness

               like their agitation would make him quit

once he got his jaws on someones throat there was no shaking him

which he believed an admirable quality

his old man would say Ifya look up assertiveness in the fucking dictionary he rarely used fucking except to drive home a point you’ll find his picture in with the definition.   He gets it from his mother. 

he smiled he liked the thought of being in the dictionary

routine evidenced his singlemindedness

                                           even if others that had stood with him cowered or walkedaway he wouldnt

it wasnt courage

when ones right 

they had to be steadfast determined

                                         routine assisted

That’s not the hill to die on. family and friends cautioned  

to wit hed reply If not tha hill Which

                                        Every hill is a hill to die on

his rationale

              standing on top the heap ones difficult to defeat

Knock on wood hed rap his skull with his knuckles

So far So good

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Sheena Easton  So Far So Good  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nMWmqjDxI4