Pantry (Jack And The Beanstalk And Etc.) Final Version, Reformatted Stanzas Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

tiny dessert poems I have stocked
or demitasse refreshments with their
little gold spoons clinking

the playhouse china for awhile

whenever I run through my allotment
of ducats, Spanish ruby necklaces or other
plunder or it starts to thunder;

it's cloudy but it's clear
we won't get groceries today..
have another bowl of 500-bean

soup I brought from Jack last May

before his Mother threw the shoe at him
for making a bad trade.
I'm getting rather sick of it but it's good stew
even if fantastically like all his stories-
you'll never get to the bottom of it.

eat up. feel right at home
while it rains and rains.
and for dessert please take,

oh, no, please do:
another slice of
lemon meringue poem.

mary angela douglas 16 september 2013; 13 october 2023