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.
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