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Ronald McDonald's Elegy

Haven’t you heard? Haven’t you read? 
Proclaim it on high, Oh let it be said!
The clown that’s dressed in white, yellow, and red,
Is dead!  Oh how tragic, he’s dead.
Some say it was the food, and others, his age,
Or he just couldn’t live off of minimum wage,
But whatever it was, this poor fast-food sage,
Is dead! Oh how tragic, he’s dead.

And now Mc Donald’s is just not the same,
The commercials are boring without him in the frame,
And “Put a smile on,” is sounding quite lame,
Because he is dead. Oh how tragic, he’s dead.
They’re trying for replacements… if there’s one to be found,
They asked Burger King but he turned them down,
But no one can replace that dear old clown, 
Who is dead! Oh how tragic, he’s dead.

His coffin is a nugget box, 
There’s fast food at the wake,
The zillion kids are crying,
On a Mcflurry belly ache,
The majority is grieving,
Though the workers look relieved,
Cause in honesty, that goofy boss,
Made them all really peeved, 

But the whole world was united
Each child knew this clown,
And the Stocks for big McDonald's,
Is surely crashing down,
There's no good use denying it,
Some things just must be said,
We all miss dear McDonald,
But now and forever, he’s dead! 
Most truthfully, terribly, tragically dead……. 

Let’s eat at Wendy’s instead.

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  1. Date: 9/1/2009 11:13:00 AM

    You made me laugh!! : ) Sarcastic piece, my friend! Great job...congratulations on being featured this week, Deneith! Ruben.

  1. Date: 9/1/2009 4:36:00 AM

    Congratulations, Deneith, on having your well-written funny-sad-funny... poem featured this week. I think I'll favorite this one. Keep writing. Lovingly, DAS-J

  1. Date: 9/1/2009 3:13:00 AM

    Very funny and well written Congratulations on being featured this week. A. W.

  1. Date: 9/1/2009 2:02:00 AM

    Deneith, congratulations on your feature this week...Raul

  1. Date: 8/31/2009 4:24:00 PM

    Bring back Ronald and let kids have some fun! Enjoyed the perspective in this poem. Got a chuckle out of the ending. Congratulations on being featured this week. I wish you continued success with your writing. Karen

  1. Date: 8/31/2009 1:03:00 PM

    This is horribly funny! You speak the truth! Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant! A definite round of applause for you! Congratulations on your well deserved feature.

  1. Date: 8/31/2009 8:02:00 AM

    This is a well deserved feature … what a creative, wonderful poem, I love every bit of it. You are such a great poet. Please keep writing and congrats on your poem being featured this week. Hope to read more of your wonderful pieces. You are great friend! Adeleke

  1. Date: 8/31/2009 4:07:00 AM

    Congratulations on your poetry being featured this week Deneith. Hope to see many more of yours featured. Love, Carol

  1. Date: 5/28/2009 1:36:00 PM

    What a mcshame. He was a descendent of old McDonald. He had a farm. What can I say but E- I- E- I- OOO. There aren't too many places I haven't eaten. My wife told me to get in shape. ROUND is a shape. Just one more McCheeseburger. God Bless. Vince

  1. Date: 5/28/2009 8:54:00 AM

    omg i love it. and by the way wendy's is better anyway. :) and just wondering is he really dead?

  1. Date: 4/10/2009 4:13:00 PM

    Funny!!!! Nice rhyming, too. Is he really dead?

  1. Date: 3/20/2009 3:43:00 PM

    This was absolutely hysterical, Deneith! I was laughing out loud by the time I got to the "nugget box" coffin. And "Burger King" turned down the fill-in role! I would absolutely love to see one about little Wendy! Thank you, thank you, thank you for making me laugh until I had a "Mcflurry belly ache."

  1. Date: 3/20/2009 3:54:00 AM

    A great and funny bit of commercial, a very engaging serve of verse in humor. Love