Ode to my Cleve cup
October 5, 2022
When all else fails
And it feels like I can no longer prevail
What is the one precious thing
To which I cling?
When all has been lost
What is free of cost
That lets me have my fill
And even forgives a little spill?
O my dearest Cleve Cup
Bless the day you, in the land of Cleve
Fell into my grasp with such ease
I filled you to the brim with lemonade and Sprite
And then again till I was hydrated just right
But at the moment of which we were to part
I couldn’t abandon you after the care you’d given
So I kept you embraced and to the door with a start
I fled the land of Cleve in one split decision
With my hand on your waist and your perfect plastic in my heart
I have never once wanted to be forgiven
For our love is not crime
No, it merely puts us in our primes
How you have gotten me through all my woes
And together mended our wounds
I would never betray our love, our wondrous rose
And will carry you with me, morning and afternoon
Me keeping you safe, you keeping me watered
Our love, our life, our future shall never falter.