Friday, April 9, 2010

A Word of Warning

There is a great chef 
named Tyranny Sue,
who is known to scream
till her face turns blue.

See there's only one dish
that she'll ever make.
And she strictly controls
the grade of her cake.

So when in her kitchen
you must keep your head.
Don't ask to make chicken,
pork chops, or bread.

For there is a story
about Tyranny Sue,
of the pain that she caused
to a misguided sous;

an unfortunate soul
who made the mistake,
of suggesting they try
and cook angel food cake.

Sue strung up the poor boy,
and once he was dead,
dried him out like salami
till he no longer bled.

You see, that's the secret
of how Tyranny Sue
makes such a finger-lickin'-
good tiramisu.

There's a secret ingredient 
in each slice of cake.
See if you can taste it
in the next bite you take.

It's that poor little sous chef
hanging up in her shed.
In the place of ladyfingers
Sue uses his instead.

3 comments:

  1. this is awesome, so incredibly good. did you change the last quatrain since you posted it? i swear the first time i read it the meter was off... but as is it's great.

    funny, nearly perfect ballad.

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  2. this sous must have had some crazy polydactly going on if this chef is still in bidness.

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