Oh 500-word format, you are the greatest of greats. Oh 500-word format, you are by far the most dexterous of Odyssey’s genres. When we don’t have much to say, you are there for us. When we have to quickly write an article for fear of a strike, you come to our aid. Oh 500-word format, you are the greatest of all formats.
Oh 500-word format, you care not if we repeat ourselves, only that we get our point across. Oh 500-word format, you are the solution to an empty vat of ideas. After the week has long died away, and the deadline looms overhead, you swoop down and carry us writers to safety, oh 500-word format.
Oh 500-word format, you are so versatile. You allow humor, quick tips, and a whole range of others- just as long as we meet your word requirement. You even allow for an ode to yourself, but you are most worthy, oh 500-word format, to receive thanks and praise for the many lives you save weekly from the wrath of the editors.
Oh 500-word format, great as you are, I struggle to find more words to say. But I will continue praising your name, and singing of your great deeds, oh 500-word format. Do not cast me away from your sight, but see me as a lowly scribe, a muse, who only but desires to edify your greatness.
Oh 500-word format, you bring us news, and you give us advice. You are the perfect format for the busy college student, in both writing and reading. Lengthy articles think they are so much better than thou art, but their ramblings and musings do nothing but to put off their readers, and stifle their writers.
You have but a kind offering, a burden that is easy and light. Let all of Odyssey sing of your greatness, and let you be exalted as the highest of all formats! Writers, editors, members of Odyssey from universities across the country, give your thanks to the 500-word format.
Our time is but short, and our ends are drawing near, so let us make haste and make our positions known. But let us not put off our readers by writing lengthy articles on metaphysics. Instead, write your ideas concisely and clearly, using the all great 500-word format.
We all are unalike, and our backgrounds diverse. We speak in different tongues, and hold a spectrum of political opinions, but the 500-word format unites us as one. From the Atlantic to the Pacific. From the Gulf to the Great Lakes, the 500-word format lords over us as the pinnacle of the written formats.
So as we bring our praise to a close, let us not forget all of the times the great 500-word format saved our skin. We shall always remember the great deeds and kindness of the 500-word format. Whatever you write about, and from whatever angle, the 500-word format will be there to help you.
With that, I have reached 500 words.
