Jack Ellison Poet Quatrain

Miserable Grumpy and Mean

If I go a whole day without my Wheaties
I'm miserable, grumpy and mean
My Wheaties are really the only thing
Between me and a very bad scene

Beat up little kiddies but they must be little
Like two or three feet high or less 
None of those overgrown teenager dudes
My face would end up quite a mess

Don't think badly of me, it's the Wheaties
They provide me with real hutzpah
You best hide the kiddies if I run out of 'em
Hide the axes, knives and chainsaws

I did seek help but the psyche was like me
Needed his Wheaties to cope
Beat the living daylights out of yours truly
Whipped me with his stethoscope

Wheaties are required to maintain stability
So we don't go off the deep end
Had a great big giant bowlful this morning
So relax I'm real mellow again


© Jack Ellison 2013

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Richard Lamoureux May 10, 2013 at 7:09 PM Wheaties bisquets a veritable feast. Jack Ellison May 11, 2013 at 6:19 AM We don't get Wheaties here. Nabisco Shredded Wheat turn my crank!

Russell Sivey May 10, 2013 at 11:39 AM We have Wheaties here my friend, I don't eat them, I'm not a huge fan! But I do know about the necessities of the morning ritual! I am like Carol, I must have my diet soda in the morning, that keeps me on the straight and narrow, ha ha! I really loved reading this delightful poem this afternoon! What a delightful piece, Great Work!! Jack Ellison May 10, 2013 at 2:19 PM Wow, I'm not a diet soda fan in the morning! Anyway, we never ever have been able to buy Wheaties up here for some strange reason! I'm a Nabisco Shredded Wheat fan though! Cheers!

Eileen Manassian May 10, 2013 at 10:42 AM Oh Jack! We don't have Wheaties here, or I'd consider shipping you some! :) I want you always jolly and safe! ;) Hugs! Jack Ellison May 10, 2013 at 2:14 PM Once again my dear sweet Eileen, I thank you a bunch for your very kind support! Hugs and happiness, Jack xoxox

Carol Eastman May 10, 2013 at 8:10 AM Axes, chainsaws, and knives? EWWWWW! Shame on you. For me it's a glass of diet Coke for the morning caffeine... I don't beat anyone up... I just keep wanting to sleep all day without it. Dragon says I become quite BORING! Silly dragon then flies off to do double the mischief around town. That way everyone keeps calling me and the phone keeps waking me up... He knows how to hit where it hurts...Ouch! Fortunately, I just fall back to sleep.... A real sleepaholic without my morning caffeine. Jack Ellison May 10, 2013 at 8:37 AM I enjoy beating up people, especially little kiddies! Makes me feel macho! For some unknown reason, we can't actually buy Wheaties up here in the frozen north! My fav is Nabisco Shredded Wheat... yummy yum yum! XOXOX

Kim Van Breda May 10, 2013 at 7:34 AM Very clever and oh so true of some of our habits we can't live without. Are "Wheaties" like a wheat cereal? Excuse the ignorance but we don't get them here in S/Africa. Jack Ellison May 10, 2013 at 7:41 AM YUP! You guessed it! It's a cereal that's been around since before I was born and that's a LONG LONG time! LOL Hugs, Jack xox