Younger than young
Are chickens in eggs
So young, in fact,
They have shells for legs
And though they roll crooked
That’s finer than fine:
Most goings are baby steps
In crooked lines.
The same code deciphers furniture making,
taxidermy, pastry baking,
the bassoon,
chemistry,
tumbling and
astronomy.
Yes, success in anything
from jumping rope
to mathematics,
is unlocked by the same
old three-word key:
Keep At It.