Five Quotations / Sayings, Set To Poetry …… [5 Shorties; Who Knows? ; Humor? ; Rhyme] Poem by Bri Edwards

1. 'Eat Shit And DIE! '

Long ago I heard the expression 'Eat shit and die! '.
I don't recall who spoke, and I don't recall why.
It's the 'Eat shit' part I object to, NOT the 'and die'.
Dying wouldn't be so bad, but I'd rather EAT pie.




2. Don't Count Your Chickens Before They're Hatched

I haven't any chicken; I haven't any egg.
The title (for me) ……an explanation does beg.
How does one count …..what isn't there?
It's like some old bald guy …… combing his hair!



3. Mind Your Ps And Qs

… Another one I've never understood.
…Are Ps bad and are Qs good?
… And why would I 'mind' ANY letter?
If I watch them, will they get ANY better?



4. It's Not Over Till The Fat Lady Sings

This one puzzles me too; is it true?
NO fat lady sang at my divorce.
So, am I STILL married to wives one and two? ?
[Could opera have been this saying's source? ]



5. Where There's Smoke, There's Fire

I‘d bet this one was made-up one night …..
by a firefighter who had ….no fire to fight.
Here's my question, and it is no joke:
Where there's fire, is there ALWAYS smoke?



(January 26, 2015)