Benny Said, Ruby Said
BY J. PATRICK LEWIS
Benny said
To Ruby Lee,
“M-A-R-R-Y M-E!”
Ruby said,
To Benny,
“Ben, wouldn’t
That be F-U-N?”
Benny said,
“My Ruby Lee,
We will W-E-D
Only if you let me K-
I-S-S you
Every day!”
J. Patrick Lewis, “Benny Said, Ruby Said” from The Bookworm’s Feast, published by Penguin Putnam, Inc. Copyright © 1999 by J. Patrick Lewis. Reprinted by permission of Curtis Brown, Ltd. (US).
Source: The Bookworm’s Feast (Penguin Books, 1999)