Ode to the Egg — Yet Another Poetic Masterpiece
The ITF constituency has waited quite some time for this momentous occasion, and it is with great pride and pompousness that ITF brings you an Ode to the Egg — a study in the average American male’s connectivity to his deepest emotions.
There’s something immensely gratifying about reaching down into the deepest part of yourself and gathering essential substance from the core of your emotional being and releasing it in poetic form. It doesn’t happen without cost, no, in fact it is quite emotionally exhausting. But certainly worth every effort.
I feel this is one of my most polished, elegant, and dignified poetic works. Some day I hope to publish a leather-bound volume of my poetic masterpieces, suitable for display on coffeetables everywhere, ready to take the forefront in America’s living room conversations.
Iced Tea Forever is proud to present:
Ode to the Egg
Eggs are fluffy, eggs are neat,
Eggs are healthy, what a treat!
A boiled egg is truly fine,
I could eat them all the time.
Cayenne pepper, but a dash
is how I add a brilliant flash!
Give the shell a solid whack,
Soon you’ll have a healthy snack!
High in protein, low in fat–
Eggs are really where it’s at.
Eggs a’cooking on the stove,
a culinary treasure trove!
Salt and pepper, just a shake,
Then your eggs will take the cake!
Eggs for supper, eggs for lunch,
Give me eggs, I need a bunch!
–Tom Troyer, Copyright April 2005
Here is a zip file of some dictation notes (0.2MB) I made when I first started working on this masterpiece. These audio notes date back to early June of ’04.
9 Responses
April 6th, 2005 at 11:00 pm
Has a ring almost like Dr. Seuss’s masterpieces!
EG (not egg)
April 7th, 2005 at 12:37 am
Ah, but always Egg to me.
Tom, you never cease to make me smile. It’s a gift you know, that thing of making people laugh. We need more like you.
Ag
April 7th, 2005 at 5:32 pm
Tom! I’m so proud of you! I’m indebted to you too for your advertisement since I am a part of a poultry operation. We really appreciate people like you who have found such value in consuming the great product we know we have!
Karen
April 8th, 2005 at 12:19 pm
loved the poem!!
Esther
April 8th, 2005 at 6:02 pm
Ok, Ok, let’s not let the poem go to his head. I mean, isn’t there anyone out there who knows Tom for as he really is? Or does everyone think he’s the next best thing to chocolate? Ellen recommended your blog to me, Tom. As I didn’t know you had a blog, I haven’t commented before. Since I rarely comment on blogs I do know about, this may be the last comment. Since I obviously am blind to your many charms, there is perhaps a reason I did not know about your blog. Grin. For those of you writhing in agony over my obvious disrespect to this wonderful poet, blogger, and iced tea enthusiast, I apologize. As Tom’s oldest friend, I reserve the right to respectfully disrespect the esteemed staff at ITF. As for the eggs, my husband prefers farm eggs to store bought eggs. As an egg connoisseur and poet, maybe you could work that into your ode.
As always,
Rosie!
April 9th, 2005 at 6:26 am
Wow, Tom! Poetry really does seem to grab the ladies’ attention! I’ll have to try some on my wife.
May 6th, 2005 at 4:17 pm
Wow! I didn’t know my uncle was a poet. Hope you don’t mind if I read it to my Grade 8 Language Arts students.
May 9th, 2005 at 1:01 am
I would be honored!
February 24th, 2006 at 7:35 pm
[…] But it could be quite a while before it’s finished. Ode to the Egg took close to a year to complete. That might be a good average for me, I’ve had some masterpieces finished in a relatively short time but usually they take me ages. It’s not uncommon for years to elapse between start and finish. […]