Classic Poem

We wake up and make up,
We rake up, we fake up,
And use the word " up " when we can.
We drink up and think up,
We kink up and shrink up,
And do up a shirt or a man.

We slack up or back up,
We stack up and whack up,
And hold up a man or an ace;
We beer up and cheer up,
We steer up and clear up,
And work up ourselves or a case.

We walk up and talk up,
We stalk up and chalk up,
And everywhere " up " 's to be heard;
We wet up and set up,
But hanged if we let up
On " up, " the much overworked word.