Who hasn’t typed out a two-dot colon
Then, parentheses to make an emoticon
To make a cute smiley face or a drone
In place of a laugh, an emotion, or moan

Many are green and many are yellow
Some have curls and others have halos
Some wear baseball hats for the Yankees
With bold red text that reads, “Beat the Red Sox, please”

We need more smiley faces
A square head with dandruff flakes
Big teeth with spaces
For all of ou-r sakes

A crazy one with hair so wild
Bug-eyed and spinning, a mouth that swallows
But, how can you pick one from all of the rest
You can spend hours choosing which one is best

We need more smiley faces
One with zits red and pus-caked
In some weird places
For all of ou-r sakes

As you proof your email, you almost write “L-O-L”
But you know it’s better to use
Emoticons, for sure
You think, It couldn’t have been that long ago
That we looked at colons and did not know

We needed more smiley faces
Some with smiles that are fake
With sparkling braces
For all of ou-r sakes