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Well Rounded Stephen Feltham

I like to keep abreast of things.
It’s important to be well read, don’t you think?
To be au fait with things, things one must need to know.

I read the classic novels, Tale of Two Cities and the like,
But I also read Greek mythology and Romans like Quintus Ennius and Co.
And dog course, I do not neglect the present time.
I subscribe to the New Scientist and the journals of the Royal Society.

Yes, and I hope I’m not appearing smug here.
I like to think I am a well-rounded, well read and an all-together good fellow.
These things that contribiute to me being modstly me,

That I know you all know so welland admire for my general all-roundedness,
Is in part, to a lesser or greater degree,
And to be fair.
That is a greater part of me,

Must be due, and it mist be true,
That the most important , the most valued, the most wondeful,
the most enthusiastically absorbed part of me is CAKE,

I love it.
I can’t get enough of it.
It makes me what I am:
Substantial,

Well-rounded,
With a jam and cream filling,
And a nice shiny top,

With just the right amount of decoration and adornment.
Cake. CAKE. CAKE. CAKE.
Well rounded!
I love it, love it love it.

If it wasn’t for cake
I could not make
It through the day,

I fear I would break,
Into crumbs,
and if I did
I would eat myself

And become even more
Well rounded!

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