General Poetry posted January 27, 2018

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A chapter in the book Poems

Twee Widdow Piggies

by Bill Schott

There's a tale of a porcine trio,
three siblings in need of a house;
one brother was Plazzo,
another was Chaz, oh,
and the sister was Suey Sin Souse.

Plazzo was quite conservative,
felt a house of excelsior cool.
Chaz felt he'd pass,
as it would lack class,
and Suey said he was a tool.

Plazzo said, "Hey, I'll build anyway.
It will likely go up pretty quick."
The others did laugh
at his material gaffe,
as Chaz showed Suey a stick.

"As you can see, my sweetest sister,
I've got sturdy sticks for the build."
She replied, "What a hassle
for a kindling castle;
in the end you will likely be killed."

She left him there gathering up
twigs he would need for his shack;
"They are sad SOBs,
could have built adobes,
to hold a big bad wolf back."

To mercifully skip to the chase,
Suey Sin Souse constructed a fort
to prevent a wolf's entry
to devour the gentry --
made of bricks was the last report.

So -- the big bad wolf soon arrived
at the house that was of straw
he sneezed at the hay
then wandered away
to a house of sticks he saw.

On the stick house he got a sliver,
made him cry like a yippy young pup;
stomped off in a huff,
after having enough,
and gobbled the third piggy up.

The moral is likely not clear,
but a mistake is quite hard to hide;
when your house has the features
to hold back bad creatures --
it's useless if you're not inside.

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