Motto heartening, inspiring, <br /> Framed above my pretty *desk, <br />Never Shelley, Keats, or Byring* <br /> Penned a phrase so picturesque! <br />But in me no inspiration <br /> Rides my low and prosy brow- <br />All I think of is vacation <br />When I see that lucubration: <br /> <br /> <br /> DO IT NOW <br /> <br /> <br />When I see another sentence <br /> Framed upon a brother's wall, <br />Resolution and repentance <br /> Do not flood o'er me at all <br />As I read that nugatory <br /> Counsel written years ago, <br />Only when one comes to borry[Footnote: Entered under the Pure License of <br /> 1906.] <br />Do I heed that ancient story: <br /> <br /> <br /> TELL HIM NO <br /> <br /> <br />Mottoes flat and mottoes silly, <br /> Proverbs void of point or wit, <br />'KEEP A-PLUGGIN' WHEN IT'S HILLY!' <br /> 'LIFE'S A TIGER: CONQUER IT!' <br />Office mottoes make me weary <br /> And of all the bromide bunch <br />There is only one I seri- <br />Ously like, and that's the cheery: <br /> <br /> GONE TO LUNCH<br /><br />Franklin P. Adams<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/office-mottoes/
