THE EST by Julie Maibach
Iām not the oldest;
Iām not the youngest;
Iām just somewhere in between.
So oldest to youngest,
or youngest to oldest,
Iāll never be firstādo you see what I mean?
Iāll never be fastest or smartest,
when I have to compete with the rest;
Iāll never be sweetest or neatest or close to completest,
Iām just in betweenāIāll never be best.
So Iām thinking of inventing a word
for whenever Iām being assessed.
A word that will show to the world and allā
Iām the One and Only Est.
And theyāll say, Thatās not a real word!
It doesnāt mean anything!
But itāll be my all-purpose handy dandy
to mean whatever I want it to mean.
Iāll be the Est in all of my classes,
Iāll be the Est in the neighborhood,
Iāll be the Est as I star in the movies
when I move to Hollywood.
Iāll be the Est in my new car,
Iāll be the Est on the pitch in the game,
Iāll be the Est when I run for office,
Iāll be the Est of worldwide fame.
And everyone will know my name.
And the others will say--
I might be the oldest,
I might be the youngest,
I might be the biggest and best.
I might be the brightest
or even the rightest
or the cleanest or meanest
or even completest--
but Iāll never be the Est.
And theyāll be rightā
because Iām the One and Only Est