by Calef Brown
Whenever you’re looking
for something to eat,
Weatherbee’s Diner
is just down the street.
Start off your meal
with a bottle of rain.
Fog on the glass
is imported from Maine.
The thunder is wonderful,
order it loud,
with sun-dried tornado
on top of a cloud.
Hurricane Curry
is also a treat.
It’s loaded with lightning
and slathered in sleet.
Cyclones with hailstones
are great for dessert,
but have only one
or your belly will hurt.
Regardless of whether
it’s chilly or warm,
at Weatherbee’s diner
they cook up a storm!
Copyright © 2006 Calef Brown. From Flamingos on the Roof. Houghton Mifflin Books for Children. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Calef Brown is a well-respected Enthusiologist
with a thriving private practice
in a cactus and flower garden, which is very convenient because his diet consists mainly of greenery.
He likes to chew the scenery,
and will often eat a cedar tree at teatime,
followed by key lime pie.
By the by, Mr. Brown has won acclaim
and awards for the non-ordinariousness
of his poetry and artwork.
Calef has penned and illustrated many celebrated books including Polkabats and Octopus Slacks, Dutch Sneakers and Fleakeepers, Tippintown, Hallowilloween, Boy Wonders, and Flamingos on the Roof, which won the Myra Cohn Livingston Award for Poetry and perched itself atop the New York Times bestseller list. He lives with his family in Maine.