Tuesday, 29 July 2008

• A Late Night Snack

  I saw the clock, and 1 it said
  Which prompted me to go to bed
  
  I snuggled in between my sheets
  In a cocoon of cold and heat
  
  I closed my eyes and said a prayer
  Then ceased to think as I lay there
  
  But as the seconds drifted past
  The minutes seemed to last and last
  
  And ninety minutes came and went
  I still could not make the descent
  
  Into the sleep I longed for, so
  I got back up, resolved to go
  
  Into the kitchen, alas! alack!
  To make myself a midnight snack.
  
  The choices, I admit, were slim
  Then suddenly, upon a whim,
  
  A Seussian thought appeared to me
  And then I thought, "Oh yes! I see!
  
  Though I can't say my name is Sam,
  I sure could make green eggs and ham!"
  
  In all my years-- yes, twenty-one
  With time as friend, student, son
  
  I now admit (it is a sham!)
  That I'd not made green eggs and ham!
  
  I searched into the 'fridgerator
  To be a Seussian creator
  
  I found the eggs, I found the ham,
  Some salt and colorin', and a pan,
  
  And in five minutes flat, I say
  My new-cooked dish would make my day!
  
  I stirred the eggs, I added green,
  I sprinkled salt (for taste, I mean)
  
  I heat the pan, I heat it well,
  The butter melted like in hell
  
  I poured the murky mixture in
  And let it form, without, within
  
  And shortly, there had formed for me
  A bit of what I'd long to see!
  
  I tossed the ham in, and I looked
  To make sure that it was well-cooked
  
  When all was done (it looked first rate!)
  I placed it on a simple plate:
  

  

  
  
  I got a fork, I stuck it in
  And got a bit of Geisler sin
  
  What happiness! What joy I feel!
  It's sure to be a wondrous meal!
  

  

  
  
  I looked at it, and as a looked
  I was overcome by what I'd cooked
  
  What a shocking sight to see
  Such a dish as made by me!
  

  

  
  
  As I moved it toward my lips
  I felt a tremor in my hips
  
  It seemed so scandalous, yes ma'am,
  To sit and eat green eggs and ham!
  

  

  
  
  And then the taste- I say, how fine!
  A perfect snack-- and mine, all mine!
  
  Bite by bite, measure by measure,
  I succumbed to childhood pleasure
  
  And now I head to bed again
  Hoping sleep will be my friend
  
  But yet if not, as I'm in bed,
  I'll cherish what runs through my head,
  
  A simple chef is all I am,
  I conquered-- yes!-- green eggs and ham!
  

  

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