Them poems
Them Shift Takers
How about them Shift Takers,
Ain't they miffed?
A-flyin' off to Italy
And takin' they shift.
Takin' it serious-like
Makin' it silly
Takin' they lunch break
At the Fiordigigli.
Look at them Shift Takers
Ain't they weepy?
Jet-lagged, overworked,
Groggy and sleepy.
Them oil-pumpin' Shift Takers
Settin' them gains;
Doin' repetitious tasks
That don't require brains.
How to be a Shift Taker?
Ain't no need to fake it:
Get your name on Barry's shift list
Go underground and take it!
Them Weed Pickers
How about them Weed Pickers
Ain't they greedy
Stoppin' by the roadside
And pickin' a weedy.
Pickin' them leisure-like
Pickin' them hasty
Pickin' most anything
If it looks tasty.
Look at them Weed Pickers
In a big pack
Puttin' them bitter herbs
In they sack.
Them finger-lickin' Weed Pickers
Don't they gall?
Servin' up a salad
Costs nothin' at all.
How to be a Weed Picker?
Can't nobody lick 'em:
Drive the Hollywood Freeway
Spy some weeds and pick 'em.
Them Rock Rollers
How about them Rock Rollers
Ain't they a knock?
Climbin' up a mountain and
Rollin' a rock.
Rollin' them round rocks
Rollin' them square
Findin' them here
But a-leavin' them there
Look at them rock rollers ain't they neat?
taking out hikers and cars and sheep.
Rolling down the hillsides, darn big rocks,
leaving ****** as nothing but spots......
Them Gain Setters
How about Them Gain Setters
Ain't they a gasser?
Tunin' them tubes up with
EMI_MASTER.
Settin' they light level,
Settin' they delay,
Settin' on they skinny ass
Day after day.
Look at Them Gain Setters
Ain't they weary?
Scope-starin' eyes all
Teary and bleary.
Them gawky, gangly Gain Setters
Smoothin' up signals;
Terminatin' outputs to
Get rid of wiggles.
How to be a gain setter?
Don't take too much brains --
Monkeys on CALTECHPUB
Could set some great gains.
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