Hawkman
05-24-2012, 09:27 AM
Not a word was writ
to the funeral tick
of the death-watch in the rafters
for upon the desk
was the page that he’d left
while enjoying a plate of afters.
A couple of seals
he’d scoffed for his meal,
their meat had been fresh and tasty;
but his stomach had swelled
and he felt quite unwell,
then he knew that he’d been too hasty.
It’s a terrible sin
to put food in the bin,
a lesson he’d learned from his daddy,
only shortly before
his pa fell to the floor,
on a golf course in front of his caddy.
It took seventy men
to lift him again,
the hearse was a chieftain tank;
the grave was so big
they’d called him a pig,
but he’d only himself to thank.
When appetite drives
we dice with our lives,
of this you can be quite certain,
the gaining of weight
from clearing your plate
only leads to the final curtain.
It’s a terrible shame
when an author’s to blame
for his death due to over-eating,
and it gets pretty dire
when the body expired
then explodes ‘cause of central heating.
No more will he write
of the gourmet chef’s plight
or describe how the menu unfolds,
the novelty ceasing
and safely releasing
his fans who'll survive to grow old.
to the funeral tick
of the death-watch in the rafters
for upon the desk
was the page that he’d left
while enjoying a plate of afters.
A couple of seals
he’d scoffed for his meal,
their meat had been fresh and tasty;
but his stomach had swelled
and he felt quite unwell,
then he knew that he’d been too hasty.
It’s a terrible sin
to put food in the bin,
a lesson he’d learned from his daddy,
only shortly before
his pa fell to the floor,
on a golf course in front of his caddy.
It took seventy men
to lift him again,
the hearse was a chieftain tank;
the grave was so big
they’d called him a pig,
but he’d only himself to thank.
When appetite drives
we dice with our lives,
of this you can be quite certain,
the gaining of weight
from clearing your plate
only leads to the final curtain.
It’s a terrible shame
when an author’s to blame
for his death due to over-eating,
and it gets pretty dire
when the body expired
then explodes ‘cause of central heating.
No more will he write
of the gourmet chef’s plight
or describe how the menu unfolds,
the novelty ceasing
and safely releasing
his fans who'll survive to grow old.