Baking Soda

So many irksome dilemmas in life can be cured by simple solutions. All are not necessarily fixed by the latest technological revolutions. To remedy the many vicissitudes that rain down upon myself, I grab that handy box of lowly baking soda reposing upon the shelf! This simple, innocent looking stuff is good for many uses, Including easing the pain of little kneesies that easily bruises. 'Tis useful for sweetening reeking walking shoes and garbage cans, For shining silver and rejuvenating blackened pots and pans! Even my inscrutable cat begins to purr a mile "purr" minute, When I freshen his litter box by sprinkling baking soda in it. If my auto picks up that scourge of the road, the dreaded tar, Baking soda is just the thing for tidying up the car! Why should I pay a plumber to unplug the clogged-up drain, When a dollop of baking soda will the same results obtain? It can be used as a toothpaste for making choppers look smarter, Whitening them and controlling that nefarious tartar! I've found that after my all too frequent sprees of gluttony, That only a dose of baking soda relieves my gastric agony. Its use for indigestion docs would discourage or even squelch. Fiddle Faddle! I find instant relief in one humongous belch!