Time To Go Metric Poem by Francesca Johnson

The Government has decreed
in its inifinite wisdom
that the 24 hour clock
will be wiped out of our system.

Instead, we'll go metric,
ten hours to each day,
and ten for the night time
'It'll be simpler that way! '

We'll keep all the minutes
and seconds as well.
But to keep things exact
we'll stretch them. They'll swell

to fill up the hours
which have grown to be longer.
Even our blood pressure
has changed; it's less stronger.

Ofcourse, it'll cause us
a little bit of bother.
All clocks will be obsolete
so buy new ones. Oh, brother!

Computers will need to be
- err - computed anew,
as will race timers, school days,
and mobile phones, too.

My lunch soft-boiled eggs
will turn out to be hard.
And those Sunday roast potatoes
will come out all charred!

It's time to go,
and get ready for bed
I'll just be a minute
If I can work out in my head

HOW ******* LONG THAT WILL BE! !