Monday, June 28, 2010

Saints Peter and Paul

On the feast of Saint Paul and Saint Pete
I'm joyfully feeling replete
with absence of sin
(I've been to the bin)
and chocolate cake* oh-so-sweet!

*In fact it's a cobbler, but "chocolate-cherry cobbler" hardly scans. I auditioned variations like "choc-cherry grunt oh-so-sweet." This one was a serious contender, and I needed two, um, "curtain calls," to make up my mind. (No, I'm still using that plate, thanks.) I suppose it works metrically, but not sufficiently aesthetically -- or at least, the words aren't aesthetical. The reality, on the other hand, is quite aesthetical, if I do say so myself.

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