She cooks, in incomparable fashion,
A roast, or a large leg of lamb;
Or she brings to the guests who are drooling
A bird, or a beaut of a ham,
Which friend husband, with fervor unbounded,
Proceeds, as in chopping a tree,
To reduce, in methodical manner,
To a pile of the choicest debris.
No matter how firmly united
You stand today, husband and wife,
Have a care now, for what’s more dividing
Than a carelessly-used carving knife?
by Ray Romine Wednesday, April 1, 1953
