Perdonnez, signora, will you taste my
veritable vermicelli which lost a
Tagliatelle or gnocchi -or was
it tortellini or gemelli?- that cost a
Few dozzina homemade noodles: measured,
mixed, rolled, chopped, shaped, and boiled -hasta
Domani, questa mattina -when nappy
And wriggly rigatoni-head rastas
Dangle candid cannelloni for
colazione (o pranzo o cena o altro) sauced, a
Banchetto of bavett, bucatini,
bigoli, e barbina; which fosta
Amore, our home country joy; precious
mem’ries of mamma o zia o ci, who bossed a
Flourishing, famishing family,
practically-plated with a plethora of pasta.
If that doesn’t bake your noodle, you’ve lost-a.
good grief I’m dizzy trying to read that out loud – did you take something herby with your penne over your way, because I want whatever you’re having. You are bonkers, you know that? And I definitely think you need to sprinkle your frontal cortex with Parmesan…
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No, no. The correct pre-frontal topping is Asiago, especially for a case of ‘bonkers.’
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I don’t know what many of these words mean 😐
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Me neither. I used Google translate.
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Oh this trips over the tongue like the tang of an excellent red sauce!
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It trips tongues all right! 😀
Thanks for the compliment.
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Your flash with its beautiful array of words baked my noodle!
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Any praise of this noodly mess is WAY too much!
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Ha, ha!
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Very clever, Chelsea, I’m guessing you like pasta. You certainly know a thing or two dozen about it. 🙂
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Thank you, Norah. I admit to cramming a bunch into my education (and poem) -an idea I still say fits the title!
Thank you for reading! 🙂
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It is a clever title. 🙂
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Thanks!
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I feel this one has got to be sung, but what’s the tune?
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😀 I’m really not sure. Whatever the tune, there’s definitely an accordion involved.
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