METRIC MEANDER

[Exasperating ... ]

Sing a song that's metric:
Someone tell me why
I can't measure anything
As in days gone by.

Four and twenty hectares:
Just how big is that?
Can I fit in Trafalgar Square,
Or only swing a cat?

Five feet and four inches
I stand from the ground,
But sixteen hundred millimetres
Has a towering sound.

I don't mind weighing nine stones
(Or just a little more!)
But fifty-seven kilogrammes?
Elephants galore!

Home again at bedtime:
Is the water hot?
Temperature is celsius.
Is that hot or not?

Why can't I think metric
No matter how I try?
I'm designed Imperial.
That's the reason why.
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