So my son is knocking up
The alphabet at the worktable
He's onto the letter 'j'
(Should it have a hat or not?)
"Downward stroke, with a curl,
Then stab his face."
He's onto the letter 't'
(The Romans pronounced it 'tay')
"Downward stroke, then slap
Him across the mug."
The ancients kept reversing and
Rotating them
I do the same with my son
And as he's tucked into bed
I regret the bloodthirsty
Language I used
Be careful what you utter
To a child
"Dad, I'm going to blow your glasses off."
He comes to work in no such haste,
And wishes he’s some other place;
“Oh, I believe, ” he always say,
“I’m overworked and underpaid! ”
Yet for every day that Heaven made,
Still he shows up just the same.
After all, he needs the pay;
The wife must eat, anyway.
Much full of regret and reproach,
He criticizes even the mote
Of white dust on his worktable;
He denounces his superior,
And condemns the mistake-prone idiot
At the next table; he cannot
Wait for the hour’s hand to strike five,
To conjure a new-fangled lie
—For when his wife asks, “Where you been? ”—
And end the day with bitter beer.
I have a troublesome car
always something to deal with
makes me wanna go to a bar
I have around here
a handy auto service station
it should only be next-door!
cause when it comes to repairs,
I always need some more
now the station has an odd name
it's named Quantum Auto Repair
you might think this sounds lame
but if you really don't care,
I'll go on just the same,
Jim and Mike are the mechanics
that try to keep me on the road
I'm sure you know what's comin' next,
you hardly need be told....
yes they're Quantum Mechanics,
so slick with truck or car
they can fix about anything
you know how some people are
but last time I was there
I stumbled upon a book
that laid on their worktable
I had to have a look!!
sure, enough, Steven Hawking's
physics treatise
how could they follow this??
even with my lengthy schooling
this was something I would miss
I guess it goes to show you,
don't judge on cover-alls
'cause you might be surprised
on where the truth falls!!