Turning the Tables
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Hey, even in "Suess-land" the waiters are way too busy but never rude.
Turning the Tables
Alas Becca dear your dinner for two
will have to wait….I have threes….I have fours
Kazumba’s and Wallackks - in lines - out the doors!
A salad of sweezlik – the house speciality
fresh squeezed from the nose
of the Sweezlikadun Dee.
Before the salad please - take the wetfish
the one watching you
from the next tables dish!
Please do not eat him - he just likes to watch
the chewing and mawing
of hot sabballakki squash.
As for the ice cream from the island of Dwin!
it cannot be served - to the fat - to the thin
for it changes their weight - right there – and - right then
So I must offer you a less busy chum
a pumpkin faced lad with the nose of a plum
though he is quiet - his eyes never blink
it is better than dining - alone – don’t-cha-think
But if you’re still hungry
and like moonlit gnarsshk stew
please pull up a chair
I get off at two!
©5/13/2017
submitted to – Please Pull Up A Chair – Poetry Contest
Copyright © John Lawless | Year Posted 2017
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