Home » Poems » Robert Pettit » The Twenty-Five Thousand Dollar Dessert

The Twenty-Five Thousand Dollar Dessert


Is a dessert costing twenty-five grand what you want?
You can find it in a Manhattan Upper East Side restaurant.
Made with twenty-one types of chocolate and sprinkled gold leaf,
this decadent frozen mousse is something beyond belief.
It comes in a twenty-three carat diamond-encrusted gold dish.
If you found Aladdin’s lamp, would eating this be your wish?
This would be something to brag about and quite nice.
However, the restaurant has been closed due to cockroaches and mice.

From a news story found on AOL.com
This was written a few years ago.  The restaurant has reopened since.

foodsocialrhyme

♡Like0

Poem

Post Comments

Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem. Negative comments will result your account being banned.

Please Login to post a comment

Kim Merryman

June 12, 2013 at 5:06 PM

That's definitely too rich for me, and after your last line, you couldn't pay me to eat it. Haha. Congrats on your win, Robert! Love, Kim

Skat A

June 10, 2013 at 1:54 PM

........your poem is very sweet........... congrats!!! SKAT

Gail Debole

February 25, 2012 at 5:33 PM

Liked the amusing way you wrote this. Decadent frozen mousse, mice, and cockroaches in the same restaurant! What a story!

Black Eyed Susan

February 25, 2012 at 3:58 PM

so funny! the irony! I would never waste money like that, even if it was my last meal! Fav poem :)

Russell Sivey

February 25, 2012 at 3:39 PM

This is a funny story, one so very true, but crazy! Could you imagine trying to buy one of these desserts, insane! I don't care if it does come in a twenty-three carat diamond-encrusted gold dish I would never purchase this dessert, never, no-way, uh-uh! Thanks for sharing this wonderful write that you have written! I love this poem! Great Work!!