Festive Poem Soup

(From the literary critic`s cook book)

¼ cup nouns

¼ cup chopped adjectives

¼ cup all purpose adverbs

1 can verb broth

1 can evaporated pronouns

2 large or 3 medium metaphors

rhyme and
ground alliteration to taste

4 strips similes, cooked and crumbled

½ cup shredded parallelism

3 tablespoons sliced oxymorons

1. Melt nouns in large saucepan over medium heat. Add adjectives, cook, stirring occasionally, for 1 to 2 minutes or until tender. Stir in adverbs. Gradually stir in verb broth and evaporated pronouns.
2. Scoop metaphor pulp from one metaphor, mash. Add pulp to word broth mixture. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until mixture just comes to a boil.
3. Dice remaining metaphor skin and metaphors, add to poem soup. Heat through. Season with rhyme and alliteration.
4. Top each serving with simile, parallelism and oxymoron.

Makes 4 servings.

Variation: For a different twist to this recipe omit the simile, parallelism and oxymoron. Cook 2 tablespoons of shredded paradoxon with the adjectives and add ¼ teaspoon of dried irony to the poem soup. Proceed as above.