Sunday, 24 January 2021

UP UP AND AWAY

 

A man is travelling high in a hot air balloon

He knows he needs to find his bearings soon

He has no idea at all of longitude or latitude

Realizing he is lost he decides to reduce altitude

While drifting low in the sky he looks below

He searches the landscape both high and low

For a kind stranger with a helpful attitude

Surely any assistance would earn his gratitude

He spots a woman below and calls down to her

“Hello there, I appear to be lost as it were”

“Can you help me? I promised to meet a friend

An hour ago but I don’t know where to wend”

The woman from below replied pedantically,

“You’re in a balloon hovering approximately

Between 39 and 40 degrees north latitude

And roughly sixty degrees west longitude”

“You must be an engineer,” said the balloonist

“I am” she replied, “what is your hypothesis?”

“Well everything you said is technically exact

But I have no idea in what way I should act

The fact is I am still lost despite your tip

You’ve been no help at all and delayed my trip

The woman responded “You must be a manager”

“I am” replied the man “How did you conjecture?”

“Well” she said, “You don’t know where you are

Or where you are going whether near of far

You have risen due to a large amount of hot air

You made a promise and now you are unaware

How to keep it and you expect people beneath you

To help you solve all of your problems for you

The fact is you are in exactly the same position

As before but now I’m to blame for your situation

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