I'll Take the High Road Commission

~Ogden Nash, 1902-1971

In between the route marks     And the shaving rhymes,     Black and yellow markers     Comment on the times.     All along the highway     Hear the signs discourse: MEN S L O W WORKING ; SADDLE C R O S S I N G HORSE ·     Cryptic crossroads preachers     Proffer good advice     Helping wary drivers     Keep out of Paradise.     Transcontinental sermons,     Transcendental talk: SOFT C A U T I O N SHOULDERS ; CROSS C H I L D R E N WALK ·     Wisest of their proverbs,     Truest of their talk,     Have I found that dictum: CROSS C H I L D R E N WALK ·     When Adam took the highway     He left his sons a guide: CROSS C H I L D R E N WALK ; CHEERFUL C H I L D R E N RIDE ·