Huh, Miss

She slipped from among us
in search of good hummus,
like a whispery breeze
at the scent of chickpeas;
escapes for tahini
rivalled old Houdini.
Her nose for good cumin
was simply inhuman,
her longings, appeasing
on lemony squeezings.
She never found fault
with a good pink rock salt,
and oft was caught splurging
on fine extra virgin.
But she went on a bender,
took a shine to a blender,
sliced her tongue on that trough,
and her hum is still off…
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Wolf Avatar
February 2, 2023 at 10:48 PM
I'll be careful not to catch my weenie in tahini after reading this one. lol. Thanks for the laughs, Jeff!
Rodrigues Avatar
February 2, 2023 at 6:22 PM
LOL! Love how you played with hummus and the end is outrageous in its wordplay!
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