'Excuse me if I sit on you,' the cup said to the saucer.
'I fear I've been here all the afternoon.'
'Spare excuses,' said the saucer; 'you have sat on me before, sir.'
'Oh, I'll stir him up directly,' said the spoon.
'Stop your clatter! Stop your clatter!' cried the bread-and-butter platter
'Tittle-tattle!' sneered the tea-pot, with a shrug;
'Now, the most important question is my chronic indigestion.'
'Ah, you've taken too much tannin,' jeered the jug.
'Hey, hey, hey!' sang the silver-plated tray,
'It's time you had your faces washed. I've come to clear away!'
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From guest 沈琦 (contact)
I don't quite understand what this means.It seems that it's just a paragraph from a certain essay. By the way,I'm a Chinese,perhaps I don't understand just because there'S a cultural gap. -
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To Guest 沈琦
This is just another of those classic nonsense poems. Dennis is visualising a conversation between 'inanimate' objects.
Dare I say between a China Cup and Saucer perhaps?
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