Wake up another day and yawn
Brush the fears out of your face
And with a smile brace the dawn
Welcome the light outer space
Say thank you for all those days
That weren’t so good, so great
But that were enough to chase
After and even though misstate
It all helped your growing rate
Now looking away from yesterday
There is so much that will await
You, even so you will find your way
Don’t let your resolve dissolve halfway
Don’t let your courage and strength sway
A Note To My Algebra Teacher
By Elton Camp
I well recall what you used to say
That we’d use algebra every day
Without it, life wouldn’t be complete
For, with algebra, it would be replete
But factoring equations has yet to arise
And no quadractics, what a big surprise
Slope I haven’t yet needed to calculate
Methinks you did, somehow, misstate
To determine the value of X and Y
There hasn’t yet been reason to try
I find binomial multiplication is of no worth
To ninety-nine point nine percent on earth
A lot more honesty you should have tried
For about the value of algebra, you lied!
I think I know where you are most likely to be
May it have asbestos computers so you can see