Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE BREAKFAST FOOD FAMILY, by BERT LESTON TAYLOR


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THE BREAKFAST FOOD FAMILY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: John spratt will eat no fat
Last Line: On battle creek near-grub.
Alternate Author Name(s): T., B. L.
Subject(s): Food & Eating


JOHN SPRATT will eat no fat,
Nor will he touch the lean,
He scorns to eat of any meat;
He lives upon Foodine.

But Mrs. Spratt will none of that;
Foodine she cannot eat.
Her special wish is for a dish
Of Expurgated Wheat.

To William Spratt that food is fat
On which his master dotes.
His favorite feed — his special need —
Is Eata Heapa Oats.

But sister Lil can't see how Will
Can touch such tasteless food.
As breakfast fare it can't compare,
She says, with Shredded Wood.

Now none of these Leander please;
He feeds upon Bath Mitts.
While sister Jane improves her brain
With Cero-Grapo-Grits.

Lycurgus votes for Father's Oats;
Proggine appeals to May;
The junior John subsists upon
Uneeda Bayla Hay.

Corrected Wheat for little Pete,
Flaked Pine for Dot; while "Bub,"
The infant Spratt, is waxing fat
On Battle Creek Near-Grub.





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