What constitutes a "sliver of cake?"
When spousal unit offers you a piece of cake and you say, "I'll just have a sliver," how do you accurately describe the size of cake you care to partake?
Without making a mistake?
Can it be?
A mistake with cake?
Fearing a tummy ache?
While swimming in the lake.
Darest we partake?
A sliver of cake?
Sorry! My mistake.
I'll eat whatever you put in front of me.
An eating spree.
Just you and me.
Give me some more.
Go back to the store.
I want cake, make no mistake.
Hate to waste it;
Won't pass it off as a deer,
It's almost the new year.
What has that to do with cake?
A birthday on the morrow,
old age brings such sorrow,
money needs be to borrow,
Me still needs me some cake of late.
Never waste that which you would cry for...
cake and ice cream are so to die for...
chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, whatever...
Aren't you forgetting something more clever
than the princess who lived happily ever...
Net never.
Why wrap it up in cellophane
When eating it is such sweeet bliss.
Narry a crumb to miss
In this Chris...mass abyss.
All the kiddies have gone,
The tissue is trash,
No coal in their stockings,
What remains is no cash.
Boxes of ornaments await their wrappings,
While packing them up
in their corrugated trappings.
Up, up and away,
on shelves so high;
for another year of seasons,
and all the right reasons.
The sugar high of the holiday,
No matter your beliefs,
Will inevitably show up
from your tummy to your briefs.
Dare we mix the sweet treats with wine so fine?
You know chocolate and Bordeaux is mighty sublime.
And the Bailey's in the fridge is awaiting glass of ice.
Some like a little cream added to make it so nice.
Festive it is to dream of all these baked goodies,
for again this year we ate too many cookies.
I am staking my claim to save just a piece,
A slice of thrice cut slivers with a toss of the dice.
Who will pay for such folly
after the year has come to its end.
All the presents, the decorations, the excess we did spend.
But for the smiles, the hugs of family and friends...
Next year, pray tell, we'll do it all over again!
Upside down dog really says it all.
He's had enough and doesn't care at all.
Ball chasing, other dog humping,
too many treats
and a plump frosted dumpling.
Time out beseeching,
Car tires screeching;
puppy at the door
for more...
guests galore.
Need for nap time.
Tummy so full.
Ain't a crime,
to dish some more bull.
Twinkies.
Cake.
Cookies,
Chocolate.
Pies.
Making sure to tell no lies.
Time for a break
From Snickerdoodles and cake.
No matter the size of the sliver you make.
Clean up is the prize before your very eyes...
You must realize.
HAVE A HAPPY, HEALTHY NEW YEAR...
WITH LOVE...AND...ALL GOOD THINGS SWEET TO EAT.
MAYBE SOME GRADE A LEAN MEAT
AND SOMEONE YOU CRAVE TO RUB YOUR FEET.
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Thoth - More like, what a silly poem! But we know how that evil sugar and wine will make one run off at the mouth! Wait! Did you say 35th? I'd settle for 36! Heck! 39!!! Special Delivery! Denial is here!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY (AGAIN!!!), BEAUTIFUL LADY!
; )
Time to hit the gym. Happy New Year!
Now go collect on that foot rub ;)
Mango Sherbert - Thank very much for your sweet response and celebrating with me!
Jon - It's all about the big smiles, isn't it?! Thanks much!
Little Kate - I fear I will be eating cake for days! Waste not want not! Thanks much!
Jerry - Oh yes, the "code!" And how in the world did you know about the French Vanilla ICE in the freezer?! Busted again! Thanks, Jer!
Zanelle - Thanks, Z! We know so well, "the eyes are bigger than the stomach." But the tummy is giving the eyes a big run for the money!
Smithery - Thanks for coming for cake! You know that foot rub is coming later this evening! Cheers!
HUGGGGGGG
Cake+you=beautiful poetry.
Happy birthday, lovely you!
R♥
There is yer justification.
i loved what u said over at jonathon's blog...
re praying...
i offer a couple of quotes, not as yummy as cake to the tongue
but sharpening the wits!
"relgion= something u do in solitude"
"Religion carries two sorts of people in two entirely opposite directions: the mild and gentle people it carries towards mercy and justice; the persecuting people it carries into fiendish sadistic cruelty"
alfred north whitehead.
Thank you so much for your wonderful response and to Jon's post response...glad it resonated for you...can be a slippery slope for many. Don't knock it till you've tried it, kind of thing.
The sincerest of prayers are always answered, when you listen to the whispers from your heart.
Stim - I join you in that nice long sigh...thanks!
Elizabeth - ..."jiggle out of this phase...!" Love that! So true! Thx!
Trilogy - Don't know who originated that phrase..could Google it but too lazy from eating and drinking to excess! Thanks!
bobbot - my advice, for what it's worth...stay out of the doctor's office. Whatever you do or don't do, they will have an answer followed by a scrip for what ails you...or not! I never realized I needed so many surgeries and meds that I didn't ever need...in my life! And I am still kicking it and livin' to tell it!
Rated!! Where's my dumpling??? :D
And puppy pix! I want Dylan Puppy Pix! You've been holding out on us, Cathy. =o)
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