things that are annoying (installment #1)

ya know, i was told this thing would stay with me forever. i rolled my eyes. i scoffed. i shook my head. well...it's been 18 months since i had to memorize & recite this stupid thing (very much against my will) & it still runs through my head at the strangest times. just pops in there like some sort of demon that i can't shake for days. like my old job for Lennar Corporation at Kings Ridge of Clermont is getting the last laugh on me. like some demented reminder from beyond of a job i will never miss.


THE LITTLE RED HEN


Said the big white rooster,
"Gosh all Hemlock, things are tough,
Seems that worms are getting scarce
And I cannot find enough.

What's become of all those fat ones
Is a mystery to me;
There were thousands through the rainy spell,
But now where can they be?"

The little red hen, who heard him,
Didn't grumble or complain,
She had been through lots of dry spells,
She has lived through floods of rain;

So she flew up on the grindstone and
She gave her claws a whet,
And she said, "I've never seen a time
There were no worms to get."

She picked a new and undug spot;
the earth was hard and firm.
The big white rooster jeered,
"New ground!That's no place for a worm."

The little red hen spread her feet,
She dug fast and free,
"I must go to the worms," she said,
"the worms won't come to me."

The Rooster vainly spent his day,
through habit by the ways,
Where fat worms have passed in squads,
Back in the rainy days.

When nightfall found him supperless,
He growled in accents rough,
"I'm as hungry as a fowl can be.
Conditions sure are tough."

He turned to the little red hen
and said, "It's worse with you,
For you're not only hungry,
But you must be tired too.

I rested while I watched for worms,
So I feel fairly perk;
But how are you? Without worms too?
And after all that work?"

The little red hen hopped to her perch
And dropped her eyes to sleep,
And murmured, in a drowsy tone,
"Young man, hear this and weep,

I'm full of worms and happy,
For I've dined both long and well,
The worms were there, as always
-But I had to dig like hell!"

Oh, here and there white roosters
Are still holding sales positions,
They cannot do much business now,
Because of poor conditions.

But as soon as things get right again,
They'll sell a hundred firms
-Meanwhile, the little red hens are out,
A-gobbling up the worms.