Ernie's Deviled Eggs

Ernie used

to bring his famous deviled

eggs

to the Easter Dinner.

three dozen

of them on a silver

tray.

cut in half, yellowed

and red

with sprinkles

of paprika and pepper.

God knows

what was in them,

but they

were quite delicious.

He never went to church

with us though,

being the atheist

that he was, instead

he'd sit back in easy

chair,

wearing his black beret

and sunglasses while

eating his eggs and say,

you'd better hurry up,

you're going to miss

the first act.