FOsen suggested this Funexcise and so here it is:
"'Tis the season - and it's been a few since the Sunscreen Song. Below are a valedictory and a maledictory poem. Post your own valediction, malediction, commencement poem or that of some famous poet/person (the first one got so squishy that I did a 2nd, which I like to imagine as being delivered in the voice of Dick Cheney, over a loudspeaker from an undisclosed location).
-- Frank
Valedictory
God save you from those who know where they are going
and are tooting their horns loud and long;
God save you from those who know what they are doing
and will tell you you’re doing it wrong;
God save you from those who know all of Who’s Who
and are certain its entries would never have you;
God save you from those who know when to say when
and say it, and say it, and say it again;
God save you from those who know why we are here
if their reasons depend on your hatred or fear;
God or not - save us all, and let us all be
fearless and questioning, happy and free.
Maledictory
Buckle up, batten down, shut up or get out;
over there’s the real world no one’s warned you about.
But before I explain how you haven’t learned jack,
here's some paper for you. Take a roll, pass them back.
~Frank "
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