Classic Poem

WRITTEN IN THE CHARACTER OF SHERRARD PLUMMER

O HENRY, Afrite-chef of all delight! —
Of all delectables conglomerate
That stay the starved brain and rejuvenate
The mental man. Th' esthetic appetite —
So long anhungered that its " in'ards " fight
And growl gutwise, — its pangs thou dost abate
And all so amiably alleviate,
Joy pats its belly as a hobo might
Who haply hath attained a cherry pie
With no burnt bottom in it, ner no seeds —
Nothin' but crispest crust, and thickness fit,
And squshin'-juicy, and jes' mighty nigh
Too dratted drippin'-sweet fer human needs,
But fer the sosh of milk that goes with it.