gadfly

am I?

gadfly <'gad-ˌflī>
	1. (noun) an annoying person, especially one who provokes others into action by criticism.
“always a gadfly, he attacked intellectual orthodoxy.”

	2. (noun) A person who stimulates or annoys other people especially by persistent criticism. A political gadfly.

	Hmm.
	Am I?
	Sometimes.

	So I looked up gad to see what the fly is gadding about.
	gad
	GAD: generalized anxiety disorder

	Which came first, the word, or the definition?

	I leave myself
	out of the picture
	because I just don’t have
	the energy
	or the time
	well
	sometimes
	so I guess
	I’m a 
	part-time gadfly
	sounds about right
	leaves me enough
	time
	and energy
	to get on
	with life