Classic Poem

Motto heartening, inspiring,
Framed above my pretty desk,
Never Shelley, Keats, or Byring
Penned a phrase so picturesque!
But in me no inspiration
Rides my low and prosy brow —
All I think of is vacation
When I see that lucubration:

DO IT NOW

When I see another sentence
Framed upon a brother's wall,
Resolution and repentance
Do not flood o'er me at all
As I read that nugatory
Counsel written years ago,
Only when one comes to borry
Do I heed that ancient story:

TELL HIM NO

Mottoes flat and mottoes silly,
Proverbs void of point or wit,
" KEEP A-PLUGGIN' WHEN IT'S HILLY! "
" LIFE'S A TIGER: CONQUER IT! "
Office mottoes make me weary
And of all the bromide bunch
There is only one I seri-
Ously like, and that's the cheery:

GONE TO LUNCH