a rhyme to fill (a congratulatory ode)

Subject: [p-sat] a rhyme to fill (a congratulatory ode)
Date: 2 Nov 2001 17:54:54 -0800
From: sdshah@alumni.princeton.edu
To: psat@princeton.edu

'twas a night in november,
the year was 2k1
I was sitting at work
the week almost done

started reminiscing 'bout times
the ones from past years
of driving in vans
and bowing to cheers

of spending all our time
engrossed in a play
writing one-liners
and rehearsing all day

there were desis, and chases,
the birds and the bees
dances and fights
from our hands and our knees

there was feasting on donuts
and sleeping on floors
racing in shopping carts
and banging on doors

there were flat tires in ohio
in some no name town
there was falling glass in rhode island
leaving us bloody at brown

wachusetts was lonely
MIT was unreal
michigan was crowded
but I think ivanhoe was ideal

some crowds laughed uneasily
finding us somewhat precarious
one crowd had cocktails
making everything hilarious

others spoke afterwards
of being genuinely inspired
praising us for the poignancy
beneath our satires

still others were offended
by our presumptions and gall
accusing us of stereotyping
and generally dropping the ball

but thespians we weren't
for playwriting was new
directing was foreign
and our tech skills were few

still interviews were postponed
and school work cast aside
to deal with the drama
for the sake of p-sat pride

we were premeds on stage
alongside fobs who were fighting
we were economists dancing
beneath bollywood lighting

the first and the oldest
south asian theater troupe
composed fully of students
unlike any other group

and so we remain
touring with 'chasing anjali'
following two original successes
we're back for number three

so with nostalgia and regard
and our first trilogy complete
congratulations are in order
for the memories are sweet
--

congratulations, p-sat, on tour #3, and making us all proud.
love,
sachin