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The Very Best Day Of The Week

Yesterday I was asked to say
the name I considered the perfect day,
which of the seven I thought to be best,
far superior to all the rest.
It took a second, or maybe two
for me to state what I already knew.
It certainly won\'t be Monday.

If Sunday\'s considered the week\'s first day,
yet still is a day for relaxing and play,
then Monday becomes a grim number two,
and it\'s back to the workplace, so much to do,
files and phone calls, a belligerent boss.
I really think it wise if we toss
Monday off the list.

Let\'s move from seven to six fine days,
eliminate Monday so that I might say
the name of the weekday I admire the most,
so lift your glass to this meaningful toast:
Here\'s to Thursday, that most remarkable day,
the one of which most people say:
Thank God, it isn\'t a Monday.

I don\'t understand the reasons why
grown men break down; they weep and they cry
when the sun comes up on a Monday morn,
some of them wish they\'d never been born.
I wonder, though, if Tuesday will mind,
for it won\'t take long for people to find
that it\'s Monday all over again.

Yesterday I was asked to say
the name I considered the perfect day,
when out of the blue, like heaven sent,
came the very best answer: I have no comment.
But I still don\'t like Mondays at all.