Sprinklers Are Wont To Do What They Want

If there were courses on my sprinkler system

I’m sorry to say that I just missed ‘em

I learned last evening standing in my side yard 

Struggling through all the steps can be quite hard

Sweating through each step just to make it work,

I was glad that I was patient lest I go berserk.

I began by setting the date and time OK,

This included the year the month and the day

Next came the start time and the watering time each station .

I might have known this complex path led only to frustration. 

Now which days of the week do we start and run?

It’s one last piece and I’ll be done

I finished it, then mentioned to my wife that to her sorrow,

 Our first watering would be the day after tomorrow. 

I woke to find things hadn’t gone right,

My sprinklers ran—despite my plan,

 By themselves during the night