Have you seen the meme
                with screenshots of various 60s, 70s and 80s shows’
                                                        heroes desperately mired in quicksand?
Caption reading “When I was a kid, 
                                            I thought that quicksand 
                                                            was going to be a much bigger problem than it is”
LOL Good for a hearty chuckle
                                                       until 
Several reeling hits fall within a few days
                            or I just can’t seem to catch my breath
                                                        or even break the surface of my goals

And the irony strikes me
That adult life is little more than 
politely unmentionable quicksand

One inescapable situation 
                                        after another
                                                        after another

And there’s rarely anyone there to throw you that conveniently dangling vine
You must either sink beneath the suffocating surface of responsibilities
Or slowly, determinedly muscle your own damn way halfway out

Just in time to lose your footing
                            as a new series of unfortunate events begins to suck you under.