02-11-2016, 01:08 AM
with apologies to both authors:-
Tell me where is fancy bread:
in the mart, or homey-stead,
with nougat and cream nourished?
Reply, reply.
'Tis endangered by franchise,
like formulaic storefront pies
beloved only of the flies.
What if I said fancy bread
was in a lass's drawers instead,*
with a heigh and a ho and a heigh nonnino?
*desk drawers, where she stores foreign currency, you pervert!
Tell me where is fancy bread:
in the mart, or homey-stead,
with nougat and cream nourished?
Reply, reply.
'Tis endangered by franchise,
like formulaic storefront pies
beloved only of the flies.
What if I said fancy bread
was in a lass's drawers instead,*
with a heigh and a ho and a heigh nonnino?
*desk drawers, where she stores foreign currency, you pervert!
~ I think I just quoted myself - Achebe