Sunk Cost Fallacy

Sunk Cost Fallacy

My mother doled out

Idioms and proverbs

Her wisdom to

My little ears

“Don’t cry over spilled milk”

She would say

Clean up the mess

Move on

I understood

You can’t put it back

Humiliation is

Trying to lick it up

Either get more milk

Or if there is none

Drink something else instead

But grown up now

Loss aversion

Fear of waste

These are hard 

Heuristics

To shed

Hating to part

With an investment

In time

Of emotion

Trying to make

Sacrifices

Worthwhile

Yet heeding Mom's words

Would be best

It’s a cup that has tipped

Spilled milk

That has soured

Sunk cost

Water under the bridge

Perhaps you will find

A sweeter liquid

To pour
More refreshing

A thirst that is quenched

Clean it up, fill that cup!
No longer 
Throw good money

After bad

And hey, you were

Lactose intolerant

Anyway