Imagine there's no cupcake
Someone in the house ate yours
No Krispy Kremes or KitKats
No pudding pops or s'mores
Imagine there's no halva
Behind cupboard doors, oo hoo oo.
Gummy bear! Gummy bear!
Gummy gummy gummy bear!
Dropped you down my underwear!
Sticky sticky gummy bear!
crisp and cold salad
Autumn’s edibles— it’s not
chattering of teeth
10/26/2021
FANTIC EDIBLES
APPLES
BAKED
COOKED
DUNK
EATEN
FIRST
GOOD
HAVING
I
JUICE
KANGAROOS
LEAVING
ME
NOW
ORANGES
PINEAPPLES
QUICKLY
RADISHES
STRAWBERRIES
TOASTED
UNDER
VENOM
WEATHERED
Xigua
Yuzu
Zucchini
8/4/18
written words by James Edward Lee Sr.©2018
Our Animal Edibles
We have baby chicks in our yard
The seed we buy we keep the same
We always buy the kind that's "cheap"
Because they ask for it by name!
Our dog loves sweet potatoes
And avocados are her style
But we make sure she don't get much
Or on the floor she'll leave a pile!
Our cat eats parts of mice and moles
But there's no need for us to check
We know all the parts that are left
Because he puts them on our deck!
We always keep Pixie our puppy
On a leash and well into view
We don't want her to run away
Or she might end up edible too!
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