Ode To A Yellow Legal Pad
O giant yellow legal pad
My love for you is not a fad.
My love for you will never taper -
You’re so much finer than loose-leaf paper.
For loose-leaf’s holes will often tear
But your firm staples stay right there.
Your extra length is what I crave
If my desk caught fire, it’s you I’d save.
Your blue-lined surface, smooth and clean
Delights me more than Ben Vereen
For even though he starred in “Pippin!”
Your “Magic to Do” has me flippin’!
Notes trip lightly 'cross breadth so yellow
I spill coffee on you, but you stay mellow.
That cardboard backing keeps you unwrinkled
I’m so overwhelmed I almost tinkled.
A pox on those who might deride
Your pages where my ink has dried!
For in these days of computerization,
A yellow page is my salvation.
O giant yellow legal pad -
It’s you who makes my workday glad.