Five o'clock and day was dawning, <br />God tapped me on the head, <br />While it was a brand new morning, <br />I'd rather sleep instead... <br />'Oh, no, you don't! ' said God aloud, <br />'Get up, your poem's here! ' <br />With no more sleep to be allowed, <br />I stood up with no cheer! <br /> <br />I made some coffee right away, <br />I needed it real bad, <br />I drank it black without delay, <br />My word, that made me sad... <br />Computer on, Wordpad began, <br />The title typed and so, <br />From here on in, I had no plan, <br />I knew not where to go... <br /> <br />The poem prompted me again, <br />So I yawned as I typed... <br />A tiger sauntered in and then <br />I wrote how it was striped... <br />The black, the gold, the black, the gold, <br />With frowns above his eyes, <br />Such that the poem smiled now told, <br />While I was full of sighs... <br /> <br />Computer off, then back to bed, <br />Still yawning long and deep, <br />Back into Dreamland I then fled, <br />To catch up on my sleep... <br />My sweetheart waited my return, <br />My dreamgirl looked so fine... <br />Then my alarm helped me to learn <br />That it was almost nine... <br /> <br />Alas, I was now late, of course, <br />They sacked me on the spot! <br />Escorting me outside by force, <br />To see the parking lot... <br />So now I sleep the whole night through <br />As well as all day long, <br />You see, there's not much else to do, <br />When everything's gone wrong...<br /><br />Denis Martindale<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/great-just-great/
