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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ADOLF EICHMANN by HAYDEN CARRUTH NAMING FOR LOVE by HAYDEN CARRUTH WHAT WE SAID THE LIGHT SAID by JAMES GALVIN A PLANTATION BACCHANAL by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SYMPHONIC STUDIES (AFTER ROBERT SCHUMANN) by EMMA LAZARUS TO CARMEN SYLVA (QUEEN OF ROUMANIA) by EMMA LAZARUS STUDY FOR A GEOGRAPHICAL TRAIL; 4. NEW JERSEY by CLARENCE MAJOR |