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  WHITE BREAD! I NEED SOME WHITE BREAD OVER HERE!

                            Pancake House on Crack Street II
        With a Chorus of One Cook in Need of Some White Bread

A cold and dreary morning along Easy Street
The comforts of coffee and cholesterol
The Senior Special two fresh eggs your way
Farm fresh bacon or sausages your way

I NEED SOME WHITE BREAD OVER HERE! WHITE BREAD!

Down-home hash brown potatoes your way
Whole wheat toast with farm fresh butter your way
Fresh brewed Colombian coffee your way
“I’ll be with you in a minute, honey, okay?”

OVER HERE! I NEED SOME WHITE BREAD OVER HERE!

There aren’t any newspapers anymore
“In a minute!” So I studied my MePhone

WHITE BREAD! I NEED SOME WHITE BREAD OVER HERE!

I don’t think the cook was yelling about me
I don’t know, of course

The beggar at the door shivered quietly