Smile! <br />all the while <br />Say cheese <br />Pretty please <br />Though it may not mean <br />That your feeling this way <br />Pretend that your hapy <br />For this moment in time <br />Pay attention to the rythm <br />Pay attention to the rhyme <br />though your heart may skip beats <br />and your poem may skip lines <br />Risk what it takes to <br />Smile! <br />All the while <br />Say Cheese! <br />Pretty please <br />Though your being stung by the bees <br />that supply your honey <br />to the syrup of your life <br />the only morstel <br />that doesnt contain strife <br />what is the probability <br />you will be <br />another smiling statistic <br />grinning like you have nothing to worry about <br />though you are really being torn inside out <br />does this make sense <br />can you feel the tune <br />can you hear the lyrics <br />of the sad old rune <br />and all this mad <br />for you to be able to <br />Smile! <br />all the while. <br />Say cheese! <br />pretty please <br />though your smile is empty <br />and your heart may be to <br />smile so people cant see the real you <br />Those test subject dont understand <br />that there is a practical significance <br />between you and the modernday man <br />smile all the while <br />And say cheese pretty please <br />Just so people may <br />get exactly what they need<br /><br />Melissa Ferrer<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/statistics-of-happiness/
