The Last Of The Sunny-Sides-Up Poem by mark nwagwu

The Last Of The Sunny-Sides-Up



'Twas your birthday
the sixtyfifth
March twentytwo
retirement too

Morning came
living love aflame
breakfast the game

I asked, with teeth holding flower
What should it be, dear
sunny-side-up, your answer
and I was gripped with fear

cracked the egg
into the pan
and waited
for sun-up ripening
yolk still running

Alas! the white burnt
turned to black
just like me

Thursday, April 3, 2008
Topic(s) of this poem: retirement
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Obetiti Nguru Nigeria
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