The Charge of the Upgrade Aide Brigade

      The Charge of the Light (Upgrade Aide) Brigade

          (with the deepest apologies to Lord Tennyson)

                    an "adaption" by WordImperfect


                                      1.

                        Gatorade, Coolade,
                          An upgrade onward,
                        All in the valley of WDC
                          Came the twenty challengers.
                        "Forward, the Upgrade Aide!"
                        "Charge for the gift points!" he said:
                        All in the valley of WDC
                          Came the twenty challengers.

                         
                                      2.

                        "Forward, the Upgrade Aide!"
                        Was this man dismayed?
                        Not tho' the WordImperfect knew
                          Emerin had not blunder'd;
                          WordImp's not to make her cry,
                          WordImp's not to reason why,
                          WordImp's cause is to pen a reply:
                        All in the valley of WDC
                          Came the twenty challengers
.

                                        3.

                        Typos to right of them,
                        Typos to left of them,
                        Typos in front of them
                            Insert'd and delet'd;
                        Armed with rate and review,
                        Boldly they read and read they well,
                        Into the jaws of Edit,
                        For some could not Spell
                          Came the twenty challengers.


                                        4.

                        Flash'd all their creativeness bare,
                        Flash'd as they looked upw'rd in the air,
                        Fearing that Emerin might shoot them a glare,
                        Charging a genre, while
                            All the world wonder'd:
                        Plunged in the review-smoke
                        Right thro' the upgrade they broke;
                        Comic and Suspense
                        Reel'd from the keyboard stroke,
                            Backspac'd and edit'd
                        Then they re-wrote, but not
                            Not the twenty challengers

                     
                                        5.

                          When can WordImperfect's glory fade?
                          O his wild attempts at Upgrade Aide!
                            All the world wonder'd:
                          Honor the attempt he made,
                          Honor his quest for Upgrade Aide,
                          Not the other nineteen challengers!