With not one leg dispensable,
It sits secure and stable.
Four legs is very sensible,
The standard for a table.
Now six would do, and may I say
That eight or ten is fine.
And even more would be okay,
But four’s a good baseline.
And lest this seem like so much tripe,
Just useless information.
It’s far from existential hype,
It’s dinnertime’s foundation.
© Copyright Philip Barton 8th May 2019. All rights reserved.
