You wish you are able
Able just like the other
You wish you are able to fix it
Just like the other
You see him mix mortar
With such dexterity and order
You wish you are able
Able to mix all with water
Just like him, even better
But as you snooze in your comfort zone
You say this is no work at all done
You see him pick mortar
Pick it just with a trowel
You wish you are able
Able to pick mortar
Just like he does with a trowel
You gape at what he does
As he throws mortar off a trowel
As he throws mortar to fix onto a wall
And bingo!
Mortar sticks onto a wall
You wish you are able
Able to throw mortar off a trowel
To fix, to cling onto a wall
You try, you are not able
You are not able to fix mortar onto a wall
Now you remember what you said
When you said of his work done
When you said you could do it better
Now you ponder over what they said
When they said it was easier said than done
You wish you had the skill
You wish you were skilled just like the other
You wish you could accomplish
Accomplish just like the other
You wish you are able
Able just like the other
You wish you are able to stick it
Stick it under just like the other
You envy his kanzo when it sticks under
You wish kanzo will stick for you
Just like the other
You realise your cookware cannot hold kanzo
— down under
You wonder, “Do I need a colander?”
You wish your cookware was able
Just like the other
Able to hold kanzo down under
You blame the moon and the stars
No matter how early you start
You cannot make kanzo stick
Not with that cookware
You break all the rules
Kanzo cannot stick when it cooks
You turn all upside down
Kanzo cannot stick when it cools down
You turn all inside out
Kanzo does not stick when you scoop
Is it really from the moon and the stars?
You take a close look
You discover to your utter shock
For the first time since you have been trying to stick it
That your cookware is original Domod Non-Stick
