If I only had...

[tahnan]

cyranocyrano asks:

You're on your way to Emerald City. What are you going to ask the Wizard to give you? As an added bonus, how will he fulfill this request?

And now it's a meme. Extra added bonus for writing a verse or two of your song.

I would while away the hours,
And use linguistic powers
To calm an angry mob.
I would write all my papers
And perform semantic capers
If I only had a job.

I'd give talks in far-off cities
And sit on dull committees
And never be a snob.
I would teach all my classes
So that everyone passes
If I only had a job!

(Of course, the wizard would probably give me a job cleaning out the stables of the Horse of a Different Color, assuring me that shoveling there was more or less equivalent to any academic job.)

Comments

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

You win the internet.

who wants to waste some time?

[colorwheel.livejournal.com]

someone want to write verses for me requesting health? i'm, um, too tired and foggy.

[jadelennox]

I think it would scan better if that final "everyone" were an "everybody".

Otherwise, you = for the win, and let's see if I can think of one?

[mamagotcha.livejournal.com]

you inspired me!

thanks!