04-03-2017, 01:10 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-03-2017, 01:12 PM by Quixilated.)
she was a resident and a guest
and he was my brother and a pest
at meal time she sat to his right
he found new torments every night
sometimes he would fill her plate
with food from his (the reprobate)
other days he used ninja stealth
to capture morsels from her wealth
a cherished cherry topping -- gone!
and every night this war went on
until the day he snatched with greed
her final almond, then with speed
he shoved it in his mouth and laughed
but she turned her eyes to him, aghast
and said to him just as he bit --
"why did you eat my olive pit?"
and he was my brother and a pest
at meal time she sat to his right
he found new torments every night
sometimes he would fill her plate
with food from his (the reprobate)
other days he used ninja stealth
to capture morsels from her wealth
a cherished cherry topping -- gone!
and every night this war went on
until the day he snatched with greed
her final almond, then with speed
he shoved it in his mouth and laughed
but she turned her eyes to him, aghast
and said to him just as he bit --
"why did you eat my olive pit?"
The Soufflé isn’t the soufflé; the soufflé is the recipe. --Clara