I know it’s close to Christmas, because just the other day
I received a fruitcake, it was much to my dismay

No way to tell how old it is, a couple years I guess
The due date on a fruitcake, is a century more or less

The fruit’s had something done to it, the cake’s extremely dense
Gastroenterologists, can offer no defense

Don’t try to eat a piece of it, no matter what you do
That stuff that makes it last so long, cannot be good for you

If someone gifts you fruitcake, please accept it without rancor
When fishing season starts again, just use it for an anchor

Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”
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