Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, YOUR PICNICS, by FLORENCE WENNER


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Last Line: You took fried chicken every time!
Subject(s): Travel; Journeys; Trips


Your picnics were the best! They made
Most other people's outings pale,
For when we sought the cool pine shade
You took fried chicken without fail!

If we were with another crowd
Who had meat loaf or roasted beef,
We almost had to cry out loud:
"Of picnic thrills, you've skipped the chief!"

You gauged enjoyment's rare degrees
With a discernment sure and nice;
You knew the piquancy of cheese
And ham baked with alluring spice.

But more -- you knew what children like
To set a day to perfect rhyme --
And so, on picnic, trip or hike
You took fried chicken every time!





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