OUT OF MY SHELL
I'm just a crayfish in a bag
they bought for Christmas dinner
I would have been a tasty treat
and made their meal a winner
But I was left there, by the fridge
the bag without a label
And no-one gave a second glance
I never graced the table
No lousy damn acknowledgement
Don't care if I sound petty
This shafted shell-fish in a bag
was getting hot and sweaty
They laughed and joked and all the while
ignored the bagged crustacean
So soon I started simmering in
tangerine frustration
Their celebration came and went
unnoticed bag a'brewing
My juices turned, my meat would taint
i.e. internal stewing...
Later...
If only they could understand
I'm no good left in plastic
If only they had thought to look
I would've been fantastic
If only I could warn them that
my epiderm is oozing
If only they'd just spared a thought
as they continued boozing
They passed me thirty times or more
that afternoon in question
Quite surely now, I'm way past go
and may prompt indigestion
Well all of them can go to hell
the bag has started leaking
Unfortunately, this will be
the last time that I'm speaking
I'm just a bag of crayfish
that was passed by and forgotten
But give it just a week or two
They'll find me once I'm rotten!
(C)
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Author Notes
A VERY true story from a few years back. LOL
We certainly enjoyed the Christmas dinner but NOT the poor crayfish.
Don't worry though, he had his revenge. About a week or so later I just could NOT put my finger on the smell
emulating from somewhere and taking over the whole darn house.
After searching high and low in every room for what I thought was cat p*ss, I found a putrid orange crayfish slushy leaking
out of the plastic bag next to the fridge.
I honestly think if someone had kicked the bag we WOULD have found him MUCH sooner. LOL
This WAS a very memorable Christmas peppered with the smell of rotten crayfish.
"Stink-bomb" will long be remembered.
For the record I've never had a desire for crayfish and after this particular Christmas NEVER will.
Thanks for reading and I DO hope you weren't chowing down on a meal or some form of liquid snack...
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