Ashes

I swallowed a bug.
Would like to say it was tasty 
or tender.. 
but those I can't remember.

It probably had wings 
dreamed of better things.
But down it went
the first day of Lent.
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Crandall Avatar
June 29, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Ooh, swallowed a bug! Funny poem. Once, I swallowed a whole bunch of bugs, accidentally, but they were cooked, in some kind of grain - long story.
Romios Avatar
March 3, 2024 at 3:42 AM
What a fantastic poem! Pangie
Mcintosh Avatar
March 2, 2024 at 3:04 AM
not good,... not good at all. God bless you with much love, Gina
Greenhough Avatar
February 20, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Bugs for Lent. That's a wild idea. I liked the humor
Dietrich Avatar
February 20, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Ha. That was kind of funny. It makes me think of the rhymed so.ng Ring Around the Rosie. My daughter had a speech impairment in Her childhood. She was going around in public saying to people 'Asses Asses". Then one day we heard her doing ring around the Rosie with some kids and we realized she was trying to say Ashes.
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