The hardest language is Vietnamese
Even harder to pronounce than Chinese
It sounds like birds chirping
Or sick locusts slurping
Ask them to say, ‘French Cruller, pretty please!’
We've been thinking how Crayolas come in a box
Because we hear they've been compared to a lummox
That's a funny thought, a mystery, and a flummox,
But we know red is the most used because it rocks!
Could be its gender-related that girls choose blue
Boys opt for black. Do they have a somber view?
Jenna always says, "Put it back when you're through."
Milt presses too hard leaving them broken in two.
Pink is not Milt's color. It's not his preferred hue.
He prefers earthy tones, like brown and bamboo
While Jenna seems to favor a deep shade of green,
Like dew on mountain grasses, with a glossy sheen.
We use orange for the sun. It's always plausible,
but avoid using the purple, whenever possible.
Milt doesn't have clothes in that shade of color,
For a boxful of thirty-six, we'd trade for our cruller!
Asking why boxes don't have the color bronze?
Milt was told, “You're dumb as a box of crayons!”
He looked at that guy like he didn't have a clue...
Laughing, Jenna said, "He has a crayon’s IQ."
A Collaboration with Milt Hankins
It was fun writing with you.
We've been thinking how Crayolas come in a box
Because we hear they've been compared to a lummox
That's a funny thought, a mystery, and a flummox,
But we know red is the most used because it rocks!
Could be its gender-related that girls choose blue
Boys opt for black. Do they have a somber view?
Jenna always says, "Put it back when you're through."
Milt presses too hard leaving them broken in two.
Pink is not Milt's color. It's not his preferred hue.
He prefers earthy tones, like brown and bamboo
While Jenna seems to favor a deep shade of green,
Like dew on mountain grasses, with a glossy sheen.
We use orange for the sun. It's always plausible,
but avoid using the purple, whenever possible.
Milt doesn't have clothes in that shade of color,
For a boxful of thirty-six, we'd trade for our cruller!
Asking why boxes don't have the color bronze?
Milt was told, “You're dumb as a box of crayons!”
He looked at that guy like he didn't have a clue...
Laughing, Jenna said, "He has a crayon’s IQ."
[a collaboration with Jenna Logan]
Written August 19, 2022
The Last Donut Temptation
David J Walker
A thousand donut shops
Greet me on the street
I see them on the way
To anyone I meet
I smell their frier frying
I can tell their bakers bake
I see their cream puffs creaming
I see the cinnamon shake
I know their glazers glaze
Their long johns twist and swirl
My eyes glass in a daze
As I watch their cruller curl
I can taste the fine white powder
Shaken on the top
Of every sprinkled donut
Every chocolate drop
It makes me twitch and twitter
If I am in the store
And a fresh hot apple fritter
Tells me I need just one more
I plead for divine intervention
A pray sincere and quiet
Save me from temptation
And this stupid cursed diet
Dutch cruller, rich and sweet,
Belgium chocolates, nothing like them.
Scottish kale, made into tasty broth.
New England crab, pride of the Atlantic,
Cuba’s sweet and sour daiquiri.
America’s tastiest eggnog, made instantly sour by the sight of one small dead titter mouse.
One teeny tiny mistake, but I may never drink eggnog again.
Yes, folks, due tomorrow, "The Cruller Sagas!" (Or the Little Known History Of the
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