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Creation Saturday: Eating the House - A Nonsense Poem

Saturday, January 28, 2017

A Villanelle is a nineteen line poem rhyming A¹bA² abA¹ abA² abA¹ abA² abA¹A²,
with lines 1 and 3 of the first verse repeated as shown above.

The Creation Saturday prompt for "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS" 
Pick one of the following scenarios and expand on it: 1) An animal you can humanely wear while it's still alive; or 2) A house you can live comfortably in that is made entirely of edible materials.

Eating the House

I never thought about eating the house,
Until I found one made of crackers and cheese,
I'm sure this house was built by a mouse.

It's a good thing I don't have a spouse,
Because he would want my chocolate keys:
I never thought about eating the house.

For supper I'll fix chicken scouse1,
Because it goes well with Cheshire Cheese2:
I'm sure this house was built by a mouse.

For breakfast I'll eat eggs and baked grouse,
While listening to the music of bumble bees:
I never thought about eating the house.

For lunch I will have hot sweet pickled souse3,
Because my hunger this will appease:
I'm sure this house was built by a mouse.

My only nightmare is to eat my house,
I want to pig out on nachos with Jalapeño cheese:
I never thought about eating the house,
I'm sure this house was built by a mouse.

Footnotes
1  A meat and vegetable stew with hardtack.
2  A British cheese produced in Cheshire and the surrounding counties.
3  Chopped pork trimmings pickled and jellied.