We’ve all had one I know for sure

For morning hunger it’s just the cure.

Ovum Coctum   is what it’s named

A food for breakfast highly famed

It comes in white and also brown

From the country not from town

Caesar’s legions ate them on the march

Lots of protein but zero starch

They make good picnic fare as well

All that goodness in a shell

They’re good for lunches on the go

After many years this much I know

You can eat them hot or eat them cold

Either way they’re good and bold

When you eat one with a spoon

A few quick bites it’s finished soon

But when you reach the empty bottom

There are souls at sea who are oft forgotten

So turn the shell upside down

And wear a smile not a frown

give the shell just one more crack

As though it had its contents back

And say a little prayer with me

For all the sailors out at sea.

You’ll save a soul from drowning.

Which is why you smile instead of frowning.