For this and that and various things <br /> It seems that men must get together, <br />To purchase cups or diamond rings <br /> Or to discuss the price of leather. <br />From nine to ten, or two to three, <br /> Or any hour that's fast and fleeting, <br />There is a constant call for me <br /> To go to some committee meeting. <br /> <br />The church has serious work to do, <br /> The lodge and club has need of workers, <br />They ask for just an hour or two- <br /> Surely I will not join the shirkers? <br />Though I have duties of my own <br /> I should not drop before completing, <br />There comes the call by telephone <br /> To go to some committee meeting. <br /> <br />No longer may I eat my lunch <br /> In quietude and contemplation; <br />I must foregather with the bunch <br /> To raise a fund to save the nation. <br />And I must talk of plans and schemes <br /> The while a scanty bite I'm eating, <br />Until I vow to-day it seems <br /> My life is one committee meeting. <br /> <br />When over me the night shall fall, <br /> And my poor soul goes upwards winging <br />Unto that heavenly realm, where all <br /> Is bright with joy and gay with singing, <br />I hope to hear St. Peter say- <br /> And I shall thank him for the greeting: <br />'Come in and rest from day to day; <br /> Here there is no committee meeting!'<br /><br />Edgar Albert Guest<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/committee-meetings/
