Thank-You Notes

OOPS!

AUNT BERTHA’S vase, a family piece
Clear back almost to Croesus,
Reposes in the trash can in
Eleven hundred pieces.

THE THING

WE got an object round and flat
And square and pink and brown;
We don’t know if we ought to hang
It up or lay it down.

I DON’T WANT TO SET THE WORLD ON FIRE

WE have six chafing dishes, though
We’re married just two months;
Now, fortunately, we can cook
Six rarebits all at once.

WELL BAKE, A CAKE

THE landscape you painted
For us is exquisite;
Please write, Uncle Edgar,
If you plan a visit.

HOME PLATE MY wife’s china pattern
Is rarest Limoges,
Which looks very well with
Corned beef and cabboges.