Green Eggs and Ham, a ghazal

I do not like green eggs and ham, capisce?
I do not like them Sam-I-am, capisce?

I will not eat colored eggs here or there,
even in a Denny’s Grand Slam, capisce?

No green eggs and ham I’ll eat in a house
or at a concert played by Wham, capisce?

Chartreuse eggs and ham I eat not, so then
I will stick with toast and grape jam, capisce?

I'm not eating green eggs in a car, boat,
train, or for that matter a tram, capisce?

Green breakfast does not suit my appetite,
I would just as soon eat some Spam, capisce?

“In a box, with a fox, or in the dark
no eggs for me” - the telegram, capisce?

"Please try my dish," you say "it is tasty."
Well, I’d prefer to skip and scram, capisce?

If you let me be, I'll try your meal, then
you’ll read my jaded epigram, capisce?

Said of my first taste of green eggs and ham -
I do so like them Sam-I-am, capisce?



- Ghazal form, 10 syllables per line
Note: Capisce is an Italian word (slang) meaning "Get it?"; "Understand?".

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Note: this poem is part of a collection, to read more please see:  "Seussical Scribbles"  E: based on the works of Dr. Seuss