Oh! The Places You'll Go!

a la Seuss

Oh! The Places You’ll Go!

 

 

Congratulations!  Today is your day

You have no education

But you’re off and away!

Your time as a student was short and imprudent

You failed to comply with our primary rule:

Keep paying and paying (and paying) for school.

 

If you had a degree, oh we’d like you a lot

But it’s sad to consider what you haven’t got

You haven’t got tassels or castles or money

Propellers or horses or blueberry honey

You haven’t got this and you haven’t got that

Exhausting it is listing things that you lack!

 

What can you do with a wee education?

Stand on your head or proffer a carnation

Maybe you know how to whistle or sing

Or answer the heliport phone when it rings

Couldn’t you dance at the drop of a penny?

Your choices are multi and merry and many!

If ever you wonder, please know that we care

Each night on our knees we deliver a prayer

For the meek to inherit the earth and the stars

Advances in metrics and self-driving cars

For positive thinking, for minimal strife

For effortless magic in everyone's life.

Reviews

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

I believe Dr. Seuss would definitely be smiling after reading this piece. Job well done and an excellent read...indeed.

[Montag]

Carlos, I thank you again for your kind words (and discernment. Ha!). Best to you.