Ad-lib
Way back when I went to school
I was a rather little fool
And often told my teacher the tall tale
That my canine was the sort
To gobble up my book reports
Or that my homework was eaten by whales!
But then she'd say, "What happened next?"
Leaving me a little vexed
And having to make up there on the spot
A story all about how my
Doctor told me I would die
If I did homework more oft than not…
"Really?" She would say to me
"Tell me more!" So I would be
Forced again so quickly to ad-lib
About how aliens came down
And took my homework out of town
But somehow she knew I was telling fibs!
And although I was bad that way
To save face I would like to say
I learned one thing from committing that sin
That ad-lib is a word shortened
From the word ad libitum
Which means "to the desire" in old Latin!
Ad-lib
Way back when I went to school
I was a rather little fool
And often told my teacher the tall tale
That my canine was the sort
To gobble up my book reports
Or that my homework was eaten by whales!
But then she'd say, "What happened next?"
Leaving me a little vexed
And having to make up there on the spot
A story all about how my
Doctor told me I would die
If I did homework more oft than not…
"Really?" She would say to me
"Tell me more!" So I would be
Forced again so quickly to ad-lib
About how aliens came down
And took my homework out of town
But somehow she knew I was telling fibs!
And although I was bad that way
To save face I would like to say
I learned one thing from committing that sin
That ad-lib is a word shortened
From the word ad libitum
Which means "to the desire" in old Latin!
Way back when I went to school
I was a rather little fool
And often told my teacher the tall tale
That my canine was the sort
To gobble up my book reports
Or that my homework was eaten by whales!
But then she'd say, "What happened next?"
Leaving me a little vexed
And having to make up there on the spot
A story all about how my
Doctor told me I would die
If I did homework more oft than not…
"Really?" She would say to me
"Tell me more!" So I would be
Forced again so quickly to ad-lib
About how aliens came down
And took my homework out of town
But somehow she knew I was telling fibs!
And although I was bad that way
To save face I would like to say
I learned one thing from committing that sin
That ad-lib is a word shortened
From the word ad libitum
Which means "to the desire" in old Latin!
By Kerin Gedge
Copyright 2014
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