Waxing Poetic
Noodles
I've tried to pick up many things
But none of them I think,
Was quite as hard as picking up
A noodle in the sink.
A single little noodle
A slippery, slimy noodle
A squidgy, squirmy noodle in the sink.
I've tried to pickup German,
And I've tried to pick up Greek.
I've tried to pick up flappers, when I used to be a sheik.
Since I've been getting wobbly, and in need of some repair,
I've tried to pick my feet up
When I shuffled up the stairs.
I've tried to pick up many things
But none of them I think
Was quite so hard as picking up a noodle in the sink.
A single little noodle
A slippery, slimy noodle,
A squidgy, squirmy noodle in the sink.
Grandma, May 6, 1954