A Texan, Upon Reading Robert Burns "Address to a Haggis"

Anow and then, when reading Burns,

my Texas Heart for Highlands yearns;

amongst his Gaelic flowers and ferns

his “Address to a Haggis” turns…

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the finest words a Scottish tongue

has ever spoken , cursed or sung

are writ for all eternity

in Haggis’ epic memory.

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“Perhaps,” I think “I could abide

if it were battered and deep fried…

but Haggis no more; it would be

instead, a Texas Tragedy.”

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Thus I leave Haggis as it was

to Burns and under Scottish laws;

A portrait for the world to see -

Fresh Pict delectability.