My Neighbor Asked For Sugar One Day



O, my neighbor asked me for some sugar one day

I must say; I did not expect it.

On Thursday  he said

“Please, a tad of sugar, Mr. Looker,

Tis needed to bake me a cake”.

“Oh Johnny, me boy-o!”

Said me, Mr. Looker

“Well, a baker would by his own damn sugar!

Yet, since I am nice, like my wife Ms. Ponce

I’ll give you some sugar but just this once!”

Johnny walked wayward with a pound of fine sugar,

I came into my house,

The house of Looker.

On Friday morning,

The whole damn town did awake,

To have a slice of Johnny’s  good old breakfast cake.


                    The End

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Submitted by MegaMan&Bass on January 19, 2022

Modified on April 26, 2023

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Scheme A X X B C X B B A X B X B X C C
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 607
Words 142
Stanzas 16
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

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