I'm making a listI'm making a list of things I must sayFor politeness,And goodness and kindness and

I'm making a listI'm making a list of things I must sayFor politeness,And goodness and kindness and gentlenessSweetness and rightness:HelloPardon meHow are you?Excuse meBless youMay I?Thank youGoodbyeIf you know some that I've forgot,Please stick them in you eye!
----Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends