Two blue duck eggs <br />Had got me smitten <br />Halted my legs <br /> <br />Picked them to be eaten! <br /> <br />Had enough of the hen's <br />They tasted so stale <br />Said my clever sense <br /> <br />Duck eggs would serve well! <br /> <br />Brought home the oval two <br />Two pearls whitish blue <br />Thought it precious gotten <br /> <br />Lo both of them were rotten!<br /><br />Pradip Chattopadhyay<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/serves-right/