One can be descret, do the 'right thing'
all of their lives, however, if you 'mess up',
that is what people will remember.
So you see, life, it's really likened to a play.
If the last act is bad, the rest
is not remembered.
© Joe Fazio
(brief renderings) Joe Fazio
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/if-the-last-is-bad/