S, C, & P: An Ode to Elves on the Shelves
Listen!
Even though they're mostly nothing
They each have a story to tell
But the mostly air is mostly bluffing
When air escapes their grainy shell
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Adding milk will light their fuses
And open their performance on tap
They're unapologetic without excuses
When a third of them begin to snap
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Their sweetness is really up to you
Spooned sugar megalomaniacal
The next sounds, ready, in the queue
When the second third start to crackle
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This Kellog's breakfast has few ingredients
In a race to break fast before their chatter stops
Sogginess silences the husks' sonorous deviance
When a third of them pop their very last pops
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The snaps in the bowl will soon fade out
Then the diner will be surprised to witness
How crackles and pops will no doubt
Have the last word via borborygmus
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Gerard DiLeo
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Comments (4)
borborygmus - what a splendiferous word 😁
Whoaaaa, I never knew all those weird sounds that the stomach makes had a word for it! Thank you so much for educating me! I like my cereal to remain crunchy but somehow I like the rice krispies soggy hahahaha. Loved your poem!
Not one of my faves as a kid. If that's wat we had, I made sure there was a good sugar rush coming. I was more of a Cocoa Puffs fan.
had to look up borborygmus - what a word. I like them soggy. The snap, crackle and pop were lost on me. Just the chorus before the interlude.