Trials by error.

I tried,
But the effort was forlorn,
As the prone outline on
The brand new bedroom carpet testified to.

I tried again,
This time with a polythene sheet
Beneath and about me,
And, although the result was the same,
At least the soft furnishings were saved.

I tried somewhere else,
But the conclusion only confirmed
That it didn’t really matter where
I was for my defeat to be planted.

I tried whilst moving,
But it finished as before,
And with a quite unnerving jolt,
And not only was I broken, but
So were parts of the people who had
To free me from the wreckage.

I stopped trying,
And was relieved when I
Settled to have the same
Silhouette as everyone else.