Jackie Hears a Wha?

On the 15th of May, in a restaurant of Thai

In the hour of his lunch, his plate piled sky-high.

He was eating… enjoying a buffet devastation.

When Jackie the blogger boy had a revelation.

Ol’ Jackie stopped chewing,

He looked like a dum-dum.

“That’s funny,” thought Jackie.

“A noise from my tum-tum.”

Then he heard it again!

Just a very faint shout

As if some tiny person

Were cussing him out.

“What’s the prob?” muttered Jackie.

“And just what are you? What?”

As he listened to the noise

And rubbed a hand on his gut.

He heard a small sizzle, like some kind of fire

That came from inside an industrial fryer.

“I say!” murmured Jackie. “I’ve got a few questions.

What’s a small spark of fire doing in my intestines?

Why is it there when it wasn’t there prior?

There must some reason for that small spark of fire!

Maybe a manifestation of my hopes and fears.

Perhaps it’s a message that’s just for my ears.”

Turns out that it wasn’t a fire at all.

Or a tiny little person making a call.

It was just that I’d eaten with way too much zeal.

Chowing down on my thai food at my midday meal.

Just shoveling it in my piehole faster and faster.

My body was saying, “Slow down, you dumb bastard.”

It’s a lesson I just thought that I should mention.

You should listen when your body tries to get your attention.

Eat what you should, let good health be your guide.
And enjoy peace and quiet (at least from inside).