Saturday, March 12, 2022

A child's Sunday afternoon

 


The ham with cloves 

from all the kitchen stoves

sits upon the table drear

waiting for the presbyter.


Dad takes out his dentures,

while speaking of debentures. 

Mother disapproving,

the dishes all removing.


Sunday TV shows

with their trope-infested prose;

how I long for some ice cream 

to sweeten up my young blood stream.


Canned laughter as I cry

when it's time for beddy-bye.

But I take the Sunday funnies

into bed with fairy bunnies.


So the Sabbath day I keep

while I'm hopping off to sleep.

Then the voice of Allen Funt

from downstairs says I'm a runt.



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