It isn't very far away,
The glimmering 25 of K;
I'm sure that 90 posts will squeak
Across this line sometime this week.
And as we cross the finish pole
And reach that star-high, noble goal
What then becomes of our mighty team,
Who strove so long to reach their dream?
Will this release Mom's agile slaves?
Retire Mom to a well-earned grave?
Or will this thread, like all the rest,
Go on and on, to More BS?
Dreams and ambitions, grand and wide
Have driven us all, from deep inside;
What will you do, to start anew,
When the 25 of K comes through?

Penny Whistler Irritant
A Time to Ponder
Trivial Publications and Puzzlers, Hartford 1956