Behind the Scene At Npr
Behind the Scene at NPR
On the roof again
A code we send out every now and then
When someone’s life is almost near the end
We say that he is on the roof again
On the roof again
Let’s start writing bout our sickly friend
Who’s life has almost gone around the bend
A bio for who’s on the roof again
On the roof again
Like a band of writers, we check off the birthdays
Of our special friends
Insisting that their bio’s written our way
But today
He’s on the roof again
We’ve got a bio that we must amend
The life we live is writing bio’s open-end
In case somehow they’re off the roof again
On the roof again
As writers we must now attend
That bio that we have is really way too thin
And it can’t wait – he’s on the roof again
note - when a noted person is reported to be gravely ill, NPR writers get a notice that he or she is "on the roof" and it is time to update their BIO.
Copyright © Mike Dailey | Year Posted 2019
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