Zest!

Orange zest

Human zest

ZEST!

Which came first? The chicken or the egg?

Please don't send a reply, I beg!

But which came first regarding zest?

And which is the meaning you like best?

In cooking we make great use of it;

It adds the final zingy bit!

But we also like to say

'I feel full of zest today!'

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Did someone grate some orange peel

For a particularly tasty meal

And smell the tang and then, impressed,

Say 'I' am going to call that 'zest';

I'll use the word which usually means

Full of life and 'full of beans'!'

Or did someone leap about and cry

'I'm so energetic I could fly!

I'll use the word that's used for fruit!

Zest! I think that's rather cute!'

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I'm so intrigued that I could burst!

Which, dear Reader, was invented first?

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TOM AND JERRY!
(An Acrostic)

Tom-cat, with the bristling whiskers,
Off to catch some mousy friskers,
Maybe you should think awhile.......
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Are mice worth going that extra mile?
Nearly isn't good enough!
Dinner may prove rather tough!
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Jerry Mouse is quick and cute!
Eat a dinner of juicy fruit!
Reject all thoughts of mouse-tail soup!
Remember! He'll make you loop the loop!
You'll find the effort not too nice!
Better keep way from mice!
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