Readable Cheese

READABLE CHEESE Long ago in a certain country district Grocery stores sold cheese unwrapped The hygiene rules were not too strict Sometimes a mouse near the cheese was trapped A chunk was wire-cut from a block wrapped in lint Then a piece of newspaper covered it with ease The cheese was eaten with the words’ imprint I learned to read by spelling from the cheese Curious lexicon, but effective method even today I slowly savoured the delights of “river” and “goats” I munched through several delicious pieces of “U. S. A.” Sometimes digested even “liver” and “boats” People boast that they learned to read from their mums Or that their teacher at school was their model But I was a student of those yum-yum cheese crumbs, They taught me good taste and helped me to spell.