Want A Peanut?

Once there was a kind widowed old lady

Her name was Claire O’Grady

She is the eldest person in the community

And if possible, helps others at every opportunity

One day while she finished shopping, it was a bit too much for her to carry

The only one to volunteer was the bag boy Barry

So they both walked to her home, which was six blocks away

It was the beginning of May

So it was a warm, lovely blue sky day

Just when Barry was struggling, thinking another step he wouldn’t survive

To the house they finally arrive

She offered him a drink

Barry was grateful, so she went to the kitchen sink

There were peanuts in a bowel, he ate some, they were so tasty he ate some more

When Mrs O’Grady walked through the door

She smiled & offered some more peanuts in a jar

When she went to the cabinet there were a collection of them, it was bizarre

Barry loved peanuts & asked if she was sure she wouldn’t mind

She said take a jar, its was completely fine

That she couldn’t eat them because the peanuts her teeth couldn’t grind

Barry was confused & asked why she has kept so many then?

Mrs O’Grady didn’t hear it, so loudly Barry asked again

It would change his life what he was about to discover

As Mrs O’Grady said “Oh, they use to be chocolate covered”

Poor Barry went into a state of shock & never fully recovered.