Poem: I Once Ate and Eggshell

I Once Ate and Eggshell
By Denise H. McEwen

I once ate an eggshell,
How silly of me.
I cracked it and peeled it,
An egg I set free.

It glowed and it glimmered
In the light by the sink.
Slick as the ice
You'd find on a rink.

So perfectly boiled
I held it awhile.
Then I took my first bite
My face felt a smile.

Crack was the sound
That shot from my mouth.
Would I swallow the eggshell?
Would my health go south?

What happened next
I cannot explain.
I munched and I crunched
‘till the sound grew faint.

“Now why did I do that?”
I asked myself.
The eggshell was powder,
And all ended well.

I swallowed what once
Was an egg and a shell.
Too bad I’m grown up,
It’d be good for Show and Tell.