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A Poem by Thayne Whipple

Y

Mar 9, 2016
While in my Youth, some years ago
While sailing on my yacht;
I pondered on the letter Y
And I learned quite a lot.
I had a Yen to see the world
And asked all I could see,
If Y was very useful — this
Is what they said to me:
On Yom Kippur, a Yarmulke,
I saw on someone's head.
He spun a Yarn in Yiddish, and
I don't know what he said.
I saw a woman on a Yak
Who wore bright Yellow shoes.
She was playing with a Yo—Yo
But had no further clues.
Don't Yawn, I'm almost finished, but
There is one more thing too.
Yes, Y's are quite important, for
Without them, there's no You.
— Thayne Whipple

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