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Eating Twinkies With God

Eating Twinkies with God

The little boy walked into the park
the sun was shining very bright
he saw a lady old and frail
the sun reflected on her hair
Who is this lady, the little boy thought
with her hair so full of light


With two Twinkies in his bag and a coke in his hand
he walked to the bench and offered her one 
she accepted it gladly but no word came from her
except a bright smile and after a while
she had eaten, he shared his coke
and no word came from her except for that smile
then she held onto her cane , rose up and left 


The child hurried home and said to his mom
I went to the park and had Twinkies with God
but she was very old, now isn't that odd?
his mom looked at him and said
God touched your heart and you did something nice
you saw God through her face now here's my advice
when you grow up and I am old
just think of the lady in the park


The old lady came home and entered her house
she hung up her cane and said to her spouse
I went to the park and had Twinkies with God
but he was just a child, now isn't that odd?

© Ralph Sergi

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Robert Nehls July 20, 2014 at 8:39 AM That, my friend is a beautiful poem and so well written. Enjoyed it from start to finish and it will go into my favorites. To see others as God sees us is truly a gift. So well done, Ralph. Ralph Sergi July 21, 2014 at 7:27 AM Hi Robert: Thank you for the comment. Honestly, I took it from a parable heard in a church once and I put it in a poetic form.

Arlene Smith June 4, 2014 at 12:27 PM Chills chills chills In the best way possible!!! Awesome write, Ralph... A fan.. Arlene.. Ralph Sergi June 4, 2014 at 2:39 PM Hi Arlene: Thank you very much and thank you for the visit

Jay Loveless November 26, 2013 at 11:26 PM Oh this is a beautiful wonderful story. Goin into my favorites! <3

Poet Destroyer A November 12, 2013 at 10:19 PM Ralph, a wonderful story to share. and it's amazing, how life played out in your poem... Love the way, she gave the light she'd seen a Twinkie.... enjoyed...Linda

Andrea Dietrich November 11, 2013 at 4:03 PM ralph, it was on google but also youtube has the story being read to a group of little kids in a classroom! You portrayed the story nicely with rhyme.

Richard Lamoureux November 11, 2013 at 9:56 AM This is utterly brilliant! I believe I have just read a poem written by God and he used the hand of a poet to write it, "now isn't that odd?"

Allan Koven November 10, 2013 at 6:28 PM Ralph thank you for your comments on Time. I really appreciated hearing from you. Loved eating Twinkies with God. So very clever and interesting. Great job! Allan

Andrea Dietrich November 10, 2013 at 3:29 PM wow, this is amazing. Best poem I read today. I just saw on google that you wrote it from a story that is on youtube, but I think you did a great job adapting it to poetry form.