The Last Twinkie

The yellow sponge cake copied so many times

Would weather the years better then any other cake kind

Beyond the atomics wars yet to come

Last longer then salted meat or spiced rum

Maybe even outlast the coming cockroach empire too

When this world is much older and a little less blue

 

The last Twinkie sat free on a shelf

Still pack wrapped in clear plastic and all by itself

With no others for its company

The last Twinkie alone unheard were it pleas

The Cannuks saw it coming, me thinks

The disappearance of all the Twinks

 

How did they know?

How did they know?

That the day would come

When all Twinkies must go?

Oh, rue the day

Rue the day

When all the Twinkies might do go away!

 

With all the trials it, the Twinkie has passed through

All the times they were deep-fried, it’s true

The many court cases of the Twinkie Defense

All the other hardships through which they received no recompense

Yet still they all carry on

When all other foodstuff molds, decays and is gone

 

Something magical occurs when the pastry hits the hot oil

Or so it is said; in and out of its package it can likely be boiled

Shish kabobed, hung out on wires to dry

There seems not a one of the Twinkies can die

Still they are going, every last one…how can this be?

Disappearing or hiding? Buried under a great vault, maybe?

 

Don’t count them amongst zingers or ding dongs

Or even ho hos to be sure; they’ll all be gone

Twinkies will remain

That much is plain

Somehow, someway

Twinkies will exist until the end of days

 

Could Mr. Dewar have known

How his Twinkies would just keep on going?

Until the end of time

Wrapped up or not, right down the line

Until just one more was left

To carry on to its best

 

Who’s to know about this Twinkie conundrum when I expect we’ll all be so long gone?

I just don’t know

It’s too early to tell

And too long to know

About the last Twinkie

And if it should do all well

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

Reviews

[Rhianne Ney]

I don't know what a twinkie is but this is a fun read and something that really makes you wonder of things, great write

[Crow21]

I can say your words evoked many firsts for me from reading a poem

[gombeggar]

really? i dunno if that is a positive or negative comment...i do hope for the former

[gombeggar]

do tell after all

[lee von cleef]

Can the south still be
Can the south still be southern
Can the stars and bars still shine
Can the mud,can the frogs still be gigged
Without a "Twinkie" deep fried,how will we get fat?

[gombeggar]

i need to put my pa's old spurrs on just to speak yer additional lines here aloud, u know that? yet i find them strangely almost fitting and thus amusing

[Deron Alexis]

ode to the twinkie in my country we one like that called the goodie the company has the monopoly on pastries so its staying on market and the released a chocolate version the twinkie will live on never fear very funny poem you are good at making people laugh or laugh and scared at the same time this was great

[gombeggar]

laugh...fear...wutz the difference these daze? ;)

[Deron Alexis]

well said point taken XD

[An owl on the moon]

A brilliantly fun escape into the mystery of spongy cakes and delicious fillings! Thank you for sharing the bittersweet joys... Now, I do believe Little Debbie might be able to sustain the cravings... :)

[gombeggar]

ahh, although i may agree with that last bit, mahself...it is all a matter of opinion abou little debbies

[Mary]

Great fun! Have you ever researched twinkie science experiments? Alas they will be no longer, poor extinct twinkies, sigh.

[gombeggar]

no i was not aware...i'll have to look into that...thanks for the mention cuz i'm always interested in learning sumpthin new

[gombeggar]

oh...and don't give up hope...the canuks still have a Twinkie fatory it seems

[kublakhan27]

Hilarious :)