Take Less

If you're taking one, you might as well take both,
If you're taking two, you may as well take four.
If you're taking four, you'd best take more,
and more, and more!

...So we're told, again and again.
We ought to take more and more without end.
Where went simplicity, and where went enough?
Why must we always insist on more stuff?

Things aren't bad, no, don't misread my words
Things are quite useful, but not seconds and thirds.
One is enough for me, One's all we need
One's all that's required for us to proceed.

So if you take one, take one and stop there
Take only one and don't take the excess.
Then those with excess may take less,
and less, and less.