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Sunday, 12 January 2014

I’m Absolutely Full Tonight

Have you ever had so much good food to eat that you couldn’t take another bite of anything? Well you shouldn’t be too greedy to eat too much food even if they are all your favorite. But you know there is always something you could eat more even though how full you might be. Find out what it is.


I’m absolutely full tonight.
I couldn’t eat another bite.
I couldn’t eat a half a bean,
or even taste a tangerine.




I couldn’t lick a lettuce leaf
or bite the slightest bit of beef.
I couldn’t polish off a pea
or sip a single drop of tea

or nibble on a nanogram
of pickled ham or candied yam
or lamb or clam or jam or Spam.
Yes, that’s how full I truly am.

To even think of eating more
would leave me lying on the floor
and surely make my stomach hurt
unless, of course, you’ve got dessert.