Captain James T. Kirk in Correspondence with Commander Spock
It is late, our mission's fulfilled
Thousand Romulans have been killed
So let's pack up, call it a day
Go out and drink, party, and play
Your previous statement in truth has lacked
Twenty-three Romulans have died in fact
The latter statement I cannot agree
To 'party' and 'play' will be without me
But the battle we've fought and won
Surely you can stand for some fun?
What's your excuse to remain here
While the rest will go to drink beer?
I see no logic to go out and imbibe
I would prefer, Captain, to stay inside
Need I remind you Vulcans don't have 'fun'
There is too much work that has to be done
Come-on Spock, don't be so uptight!
One should have fun after a fight
It's logical to relieve stress
Since this whole day has been a mess
It is logical, Captain, that is true
But I still have far too much work to do
I must issue to Starfleet a report
About today's battle over the fort
You can save that for tomorrow
Some extra time you can borrow
Come-on Spock, you know what they say
Carpe Diem, Spock, seize the day
Falsehood in that statement I can detect
Once can't 'seize' an intangible object
Another adage, Captain is to say
Do not put off what can be done today
That is true, that tends to be said
I order you: Go out instead!
Please, for me, go out on a limb
And for the last time, call me Jim!
Author Note: Ok, so I did this for an English project. You had to write a carpe diem poem in iambic pentameter or tetrameter. I originally didn't start out with Kirk and Spock talking but it turned out this way. Enjoy and please comment. Kirk talks in eight syllables and Spock talks in ten.