Eddy Poem by Bryan Norton

Why won't mama go to bed
Said Ned to Freddy Flake
I don't think she has been fed
There must be some mistake

Freddy gives to Mama Eddy
Children for her sake
Eddy lives for Papa Freddy
And their home to make

Honey, Bunny and sister Sunny
Are very fond of back rubs
Funny Sunny nicknamed Bunny
Merry blonde of bathtubs

Older brothers Dan and Stan
Compete for treats with Teddy
Bolder mothers never can
Create more sweets than Eddy

Freddy spied the fish he caught
And strung for Ed to fry
Teddy tried his dish for naught
And flung the head goodbye

Teddy's flounder flew by Freddy
Soundly striking sister Sunny
Freddy's rounder son by Eddy
Never was profoundly funny

Eddy baked a scrumptious plate
Of fresh Pacific sole for Freddy
Teddy staked a bumptious trait
By stealing garlic bread from Eddy

Bunny cried as Sunny tried
To wrestle Teddy's dish away
Sunny sighed as Honey eyed
The plate with Freddy's fish filet

Teddy flew to Freddy's bed
To flee from Sunny bopping
Freddy knew that Teddy's head
Was free for Bunny hopping

Eddy brought some bread to Ned
But not a slice to Freddy
Freddy bought that loaf of bread
To feed that dumb oaf Teddy

What got Ed was when Fred said
That Ted in bed would like more bread
But not one Flake like her son Ted
Would feed her bread, not even Fred

Why make a fuss about my bread
When you should teach the boy instead
I bake for you and all you said
Was Ted would like his bread in bed

Then Eddy stirred the plot once more
But did not doubt or hesitate
When Freddy heard His slamming door
He knew about his real fate

Eddy drove from all the drama
Taking Ned and daughters too
Teddy dove to catch his mama
And the bread that Bunny threw.