Sunday, August 7, 2022

To Nip a Drip

Ice cream cones are meant to drip

But once you’ve got the knack,

You catch those drops on tongue or lip

To help preserve your snack.


At times the bottom of the cone 

Might form a little hole,

Allowing an escape, unknown

When ice cream’s in a bowl.


So someone came up with a plan -

A paper cone-shaped coat

To overlay the cone, but man,

They’d never get my vote!


The paper’s somehow always stuck;

It’s hard to peel away.

Thus, oftentimes, I’m out of luck

And there’s a price to pay.


I either toss the cone before

I’ve finished or I might

Ingest some shreds of paper, more

Than I want in a bite!

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