MO TEE SUH'S PAH-CAHN PIE

“I want some of dat der pie”
“Whudayacallit… PEE-can?”
Mo Tee Suh stared long at the stranger
“You live in New Yawk, young man?”

“I’m not from New York I’m from Pittsburgh”
“Same thing.. you ain’t from ‘round heah”
“And, what’d you call that pie, suh?”
“Whadsa madda can’t you hear??”

Mo Tee Suh ran to the kitchen
“Mama! I got a yankee!”
“Don’t know how to say pa-cahn”
“I’ll learn him! You wait and see!”

Mo Tee Suh gave the stranger his pie
“We don’t call it that, ya know”
The stranger looked up to glaring eyes
“You mean da goo on dis dough?”

“It ain’t called pee-can in the south”
“A pee can is somethin’ else!”
“Mama won’t let me tell you ‘bout that”
“Figger it out fo yoself”

The stranger grabbed his wallet
“Ain’t ya gonna finish it?”
”Nope. I’m outta here, doll face”
And, he left.. lick-ity split

Mo Tee Suh cleared the table
“Sometimes you jest can’t help folks”
“You’d think they’d like to know what’s right”
“I ain’t no pig in a poke!”

MO TEE SUH @2010 - The above and all poems on this blog cannot be reproduced on the World Wide Web or any other published form without the written permission of the writer/creator at scarlet@rhymecreek.com

MO TEE SUH'S SECRET WISHES

“Mama, I feel like nuthin’”
“Got no energy a-tall!”
“Mebbe, I’ll take the day off”
“And, go shoppin’ at the mall”

“You got energy to shop”
“Jest don’t feel like workin’ heah?
Mo Tee Suh’s mom let is fly
“I’m gonna make this real cleah”

“We got dishes to the ceilin”
“We got folks who wanna eat”
“You know what I wanna do?”
“Sit right down and soak my feet!”

“Mama, I been workin’ hard”
“I think I deserve some fun!”
“Git ovah to that sink, girl!”
“And, git all them dishes done!”

Mo Tee Suh’s thoughts curled her toes
As she washed all the dishes
One thing Mama couldn’t stop
Mo Tee Suh’s secret wishes

MO TEE SUH @ 2010 - The above and all poetry on this blog cannot be reproduced on the World Wide Web or any other published form without the written permission of the writer/creator at scarlet@rhymecreekcom