Mick Talbot Poet Enclosed Rhyme

4 and 20 Blackbirds

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Thought there was a funny burning smell?
Four and twenty cherries baked in a fruit pie.
When the pie was opened it was found to be a lie.
There were 4 and 20 blackbirds, made yell! 

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Kim Rodrigues March 4, 2018 at 5:31 PM I found a penny and no filling in one of those individual pies....years ago! Better than eating crow...lol! Mick Talbot March 5, 2018 at 4:58 AM Hope it wasn't a painful bite, ow!

Tom Cunningham March 4, 2018 at 5:03 PM Yuck, I've gone off cherry pie.lol Mick Talbot March 5, 2018 at 5:01 AM Cyprus, bottled songbirds, that's yuck in more ways than one, not a dainty dish to set before a king. ;-) Mick

Jan Allison March 4, 2018 at 4:53 PM Hmm cherry pie sounds much more tantalising than baked tweetie pie lol:-) hugs Jan xx Mick Talbot March 5, 2018 at 5:05 AM I tort I taw a putty cat a creepin upon me ;-)