To the Order

The Last Name was sad.
It was unreasonable, and nothing could be done about it,
But the sadness was lingering and lingering.
The First Name, being a good friend, was worried;
It could understand the friend’s sorrow
and tried to find a way to help.

The First Name likes an Order.
The Order gives life its order.
The Order has never been responsible for anything else —
It was just trying to make life efficient.
Wherever the Order lives, no time is lost,
And fingers find anything right where it should be.

There is no need for additional "ordering" signs,
like those commas and dashes...
If the Order is there, you can even miss points —
Of course, not the point, which is no mere symbol,
but the point of the matter,
Those points discussed between friends.

But returning to it:
The First Name was not against being put in second place,
especially if it would make a close friend happy.
The problem lay in the comma — that inefficient symbol of order.
The comma will jump between them,
and they both lose, no longer staying next to each other.

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