RAISE THE PINKY

Michael Edwards

 

 

                                       RAISE THE PINKY                                               

 

 

When making sandwiches you must

from every slice remove the crust

prepare and serve with love and care

(they’re fit for Kings I do declare)

and so with dainty fingers eat

this nutritive postprandial treat

and in accompaniment serve up

an assam tea in a china cup

 

But if by chance you’re a common worker

stick to a diet of gobfuls of burger.

 

  • Author: Michael Edwards (Offline Offline)
  • Published: April 7th, 2021 02:03
  • Category: Unclassified
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  • orchidee

    Good write and pic M.
    Miss Berles having tea and cucumber sandwiches?

    • Michael Edwards

      Cucumber mayonaise and tuna - Miss B's favourite

    • Goldfinch60

      Do you remove the skin from the cucumber as well?

      Another intriguing artwork Michael, I have shown my daughter these, she is also an artist, and she says that they remind her of works by Joan Miro.

      Andy

      • Michael Edwards

        Yes both Miro and Kandinsky - with a nod to the Black Swan studio - the link:
        https://blackswanimageworks.com/line-drawings-by-black-swan-image-works-set-five-c

        And yes one always removes the skin from the cucumber doesn't one.

      • Doggerel Dave

        Ooo! Yer know where yer can stuff yer sanny 'an I don't mean down yer gob..... Apart from that Sir, your work has a certain structure rhythm and rhyme which is pleasing...definitely an example of form which trumps content....

        • Michael Edwards

          No trumps round here this morning Dave - cheers.

          • Doggerel Dave

            Trumpets, then? 🙂

          • L. B. Mek

            firstly your artwork just shouts fun and had me tilting my head at an angle, like the fool I am, lol
            wonderful play on caricature metaphors in your wording, its write's like yours that makes me look in horror when a wild pinkie strays away from the pack and my hand resembles a jazzy kettle..
            a great read Michael



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