Tuesday, May 30, 2017

When Cream Puff Head Met a Fox

Cream Puff Head wore a suit and tie
With silver cufflinks from Versailles
And Cream Puff Head moved quick and spry
Down the streets of the busy city

And Cream Puff Head had a fancy job
As Cream in Chief of The Thrifty Squab
Which sold pigeon feed to pigeon snobs
And he had his own bird named Pretty

But one day Pretty flew the coop
She escaped her cage with a mighty swoop
And Cream Puff Head gave a horrid whoop
And screamed, "I'll catch you, Pretty!"

He ran outside in his dressing gown
She quickly flew to the edge of town
He tried, but couldn't chase her down
And a voice said, "What a pity."

"Who's that?" asked Cream Puff Head, surprised
And he saw a fox, unsupervised
"Hey, where's your cage?" he asked the fox
Who said: "I don't do well with locks."

"Well, fox, if you're so wise and free
Can you bring Pretty back to me?"
"I believe I can," the fox agreed
"Provided that you pay my fee."

"Anything!" said Cream Puff Head
"As long as I don't wind up dead."
"You won't," said the fox, "but I'll need to drain
Just a little cream from your cream puff brain.
It would complement my meal."

"Just a little cream?" the Cream Puff asked
"Right," said the fox. "Painless. Fast.
And Pretty's back 'fore the day has passed."
So Cream Puff Head said, "Deal."

Then fox scampered off, and was back that night
He'd grabbed a pigeon from midflight
The bird wasn't Pretty, but that was all right
'Cause Cream Puff Head had bad eyesight

"Oh thank you fox!" cried Cream Puff Head
"And now about our deal...I know I said
That you could have some cream, but how
'bout just some cash instead?"

"A deal's a deal, " the fox replied
He took a needle from his hide
And poked the Cream Puff in the side
To drain the precious cream

The Cream Puff Head felt woozy; dim
The cream was draining out of him
It didn't hurt, but it did feel grim
Like the world was a hazy dream

It took the fox just a little while
He caught the cream in a silver vial
And when he finished, Cream Puff smiled
And said, "That's it? Posh, pish!"

Then Cream Puff Head went back to his job
As Cream in Chief of The Thrifty Squab
And the fox made espresso creme with a daub
Of the freshest cream--- delish!