The 'Poem A Day' Project ~ Day 182 Poem by Flying Lemming

I’m trying to talk Italian, it is only polite
I haven’t got the hang of it, don’t get it quite right
I’m ok with ‘hello’ and ‘thank you’ which are good know
And should be the basics you learn wherever you go
Now at a meal, I’ll ask for the bill myself
‘Il conti per favore’, no wait, that’s a shelf
‘Il conto’ is what I mean, like tonto with a C
I think that I am picking up Italian easily
Its important to make the effort, to show good intent
And try not to speak English with an Italian accent
Which is a habit I fall into thou I don’t know why
But people seem to like it if you at least try