Ode to the Fragile Egg
Noble egg, a fragile sight,
On the plate, a sizzling bite.
A hero of the breakfast table,
A symbol of what’s now unstable.
The people, weary, tired and fed,
Looked at their plates, hearts full of dread—
The bacon price, the gas so steep,
In the fridge, the eggs weren’t cheap.
“Enough!” they cried, “We need a change!
We’ll trade our rights for something strange.
Forget the workers’ and women’s pleas,
Just give us bacon and eggs with ease.”
So Trump—he rose, a man of might,
With promises to make all things right,
“Your eggs will fall, your bacon’s cheap,
And we’ll make gas so low, you’ll want to leap!”
But my, the cost—what a price!
They traded justice, and rolled the dice.
Immigrant rights? A thing of the past,
LGBTQ? Not built to last.
The workers labored, their voices hushed,
Their rights extinguished, their hopes crushed.
And women? Their rights erased,
As eggs fell low, in haste, in waste.
O’ egg, you’ve never been so grand,
To win elections, to take a stand.
For now, you stand in prideful glow,
While freedom flickers so very low.
Yes, the eggs are back so cheap,
But so the price of promises we keep.
The people cheered, their hunger fed,
While civil liberties lay cold and dead.
So crack, dear egg, and make your mark—
You’ve sealed the deal, and you lit the spark.
For eggs and bacon, gas and more,
The cost of freedom? We must ignore.
Now the people dine and smile,
At the end of the line, their rights defiled,
For nothing says “victory” like a plate so full,
When the eggs are cheap, but the soul is dull.
About this poem
Just a couple of weeks ago during a story on 60 Minutes, a political scientist interviewed by Scott Pelley noted the cost of eggs as a deciding factor for many Pennsylvanians casting their votes. The poem just took root then; "Ode to the Fragile Egg" is the product of that root.
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Written on November 30, 2024
Submitted by DrKen on December 06, 2024
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF AADD GGHH IIJJ KKLL DDCC MMNN XAXB |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 1,593 |
| Words | 327 |
| Stanzas | 10 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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