Please be Seated



What is a chair?

A relaxing seat?

A dining place?

For I was sitting on one as I ate,

And wondered what would come to pass

If there was no chair to support my lap.

And how terrible it would be

If one tried to sit down to read

But found they fell to the floor?



How would a chairless world run,

With no place to rest the legs of not one

     of many bipeds?

Our muscles would bulge with the strain 

Of having to stand up all day,

And though our physique would be buff,

At what cost would we huff and puff

     To stand on tired legs?



So the next time you take a seat

At a table with bread and meat,

Say a thanksgiving prayer for your chair,

And thank God that it was, indeed, there.