Sunday, April 08, 2007

Leaster

In these early ragged moments
I searched for something
that rhymes with Easter

Asked my son -
"Nothing," he said,
"unless 'feaster' is a word'"

I suppose it is
if someone uses it
(he's off to the dictionary)

Now east - plenty there -
beast, feast, least, ceased
(well, if you squint)

Perhaps it is an unusual day
moves around a lot
('feaster' wasn't there)

There was something about
"the least of these" -
maybe some are leaster

7 comments:

steve said...

I know it's weak
so's my mind after this
week

polona said...

leaster's fine with me :)
(but what do i know)

Anonymous said...

The ending made me laugh, but in a good way! :)

Well, there's always "keister", but I doubt you want to use that. Leister, teaster, and treaster, but they're hardly used nowadays.

I say you did a fine job! :)Imagine how hard it would have been had you tried to rhyme "resurrection". :)

steve said...

polona - thank you :)

aurora - very good - I suppose keister could fit at the end somehow..made me smile.

I need to get something together for Magna! Get past the hesitation of sitting on said location.

Anonymous said...

Steve, you can cross-post anything. And don't forget to either send your bio into me or Nick, or post it yourself.

Pat Paulk said...

I think "leaster" is perfect as in "the least of these..." Very good!!

floots said...

eggsactly write for easter :)
cheers