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# Countdown
- URL: https://dianaludwick.com/countdown/
- Published: 2026-06-03T05:43:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-03T05:43:00.000Z
- Description: “Countdown,” written Wednesday, June 03, poem 154 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo, "Wacky Hair Day," by Diana Ludwick (c) 2026.
- Author: Diana Ludwick
- Tags: 2026 Poetry Challenge, Faux Lament, Generational, Poems, Unserious, 5 4 3 2 1, Auditorium, Blast off!, Blurry, Bouquets, Concert, Couch, Countdown, Dawn, Day, Dusk, Ebb and Flow, Freedom, Frenetic, Home Stretch, Humidity, Night, Pool, School, Sugar, Tuxedo, Wacky Hair Day, You've Got This, #Migrated-1792872215677, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-24 20:03

Countdown 5, 4, 3, 2, 1  
we're in the home stretch  
final days of school  
humidity and heat on the rise  
homework and test prep on the couch  
before a quick dip at the pool  
  
Balancing acts continue  
the ebb and flow of work,   
school and play crash  
like waves on the shore  
  
Riding in on the tides  
are an onslaught of special events:  
Wacky Hair Day at dawn  
Foosball at work to celebrate FIFA,  
chilled grocery store bouquets at dusk;  
tuxedo shirts and ankle-length   
black skirts at night  
for year-end concerts  
in the packed auditorium  
  
On the cusp of something,   
change, or is it freedom?  
Everything feels a little blurry,   
*frenetic*  
is it all the sugar   
in the year-end treats  
or is it the thrum   
of chaos vibrating all about?  
So much to cram in   
to the next three weeks  
how to get through it all?  
  
You've got this.  
5, 4, 3, 2, 1,  
blast  
off!