The English Muffin

Written for The Jamie Owen programme on BBC Radio Wales for National Bread Day 2002! What more can you say!

The English Muffin.

Some foreign sorts of muffin
May yearn to take the stage,
And stuff themselves with blueberries
And swear they're all the rage,
But not the English Muffin
That, with a sense of true reserve,
May tolerate the butter,
But looks down on a preserve.

The transatlantic muffin
May dome above its cup,
All iced and sugar-dusted
To entice the world to sup,
But not the English Muffin,
Who wouldn't dream of doing that
Or anything more "showy"
Than being brown and round, and flat.

The nervous, upstart muffin,
Though full of vim and passion,
Sleeps restlessly upon its shelf,
For it knows it's just a fashion,
But not the English Muffin,
Which sleeps sound without a care,
For it knows its been around for a terribly long time,
And it isn't going anywhere!