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Spam for tea

Mary had a tin of spam

But found she’d lost the key

She sobbed her little heart out

It was needed for her tea

A meal well planned,

The goodies bought

Young Mary shed a tear,

Spam sandwiches

Would not be made,

It soon became quite clear

With table laid and fayre set out

A tempting teatime spread

Alas no meat, was there today

To lay between sliced bread

The guests were due at anytime

So, thinking on her feet

She came up with a reason

For sandwiches “sans” meat

The guests arrived at four o’clock

Said Mary, feeling edgy,

“I’m sorry,  there’s no meat today

I’ve just become a veggie”

© John W Fenn 11-08-2009

— shazbat, Aug 11, 2009

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Region, Country: Norfolk, UK, GBR

Favorite Poets: Kipling, T.S Eliot, Hilaire Belloc, Ogden Nash, Spike Milligan and many more.

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Geezer

Geezer

16 years 10 months ago

Niced Tea...

A very nice little ditty. I was wondering how Mary was going to solve that little problem. Kept me thinking all the way. I've read some of your other works here but, I don't think I have commented. I couldn't let this pass though, it just struck my fancy. ~ Geezer.
shazbat

shazbat

16 years 10 months ago

Cheers Geezer, this

Cheers Geezer, this "little ditty" jumped up and bit me, it refused to let go until I had written it down, with a bit of luck there will be more to come in the future, thanks for reading. John