By David Roth
© 3 April, 2004
This whole thing has me all confused,
To ‘spring’ or ‘fall’ or what?
What is it that we really save?
(Are we just in a rut?)
They call it Daylight Savings Time,
We have to change our clocks,
Unless you live in Tucson,
(Where all those snowbirds flock).
I heard it clarified this way,
Back several years ago,
You take a blanket, snip, snip , snip,
(That’s what he said, you know)
Now, stitch the section you just cut
Back on the other end,
Your day’s an hour longer now,
(On this you can depend)
Of course, in just a few more months,
You’ll have to put it back,
You gain an extra hour of sleep,
(And put things back on track.)
An hour lost, an hour gained,
An hour tossed around,
You gain some time, you lose some time
(How silly does that sound?)
And so I’ll wait til two A.M.
And lose that extra sleep,
I gained back in the autumn change
(Then I’ll be counting sheep)
I hope that this has cleared things up,
About the change of time,
And that you aren’t late for church
(Just listen for the chime)
