The Cookie Thief Story - The Fishwrapper #1

The following is known as "The Cookie Thief."  I found it in the magazine known as "The Fish Wrapper" which is now celebrating 25 years of publication.  I thought the following, which could be considered prose or perhaps poetry, was rather humorous as well as imaginative.  Hope you enjoy it!  

A woman was waiting at an airport one night

With several long hours before her flight.

She hunted for a book in the airport shop,

Bought a bag of cookies, and found a place to drop.

She was engrossed in her book, but happened to see

That the man beside her, as bold as could be,

Grabbed a cookie or two from the bag between,

Which she tried to ignore, to avoid a scene.

She read, munched cookies, and watched the clock,

As the gutsy "cookie thief" diminished her stock.

She was getting more irritated as the minutes ticked by,

Thinking, "If I wasn't so nice, I'd blacken his eye!"

With each cookie she took, he took one, too;

When only one was left, she wondered what he'd do.

With a smile on his face and nervous laugh,

He took the last cookie and broke it in half.

He offered her half, as he ate the other.

She snatched it from him and thought, "Oh brother!

This guy has some nerve, and he's also rude.

Why, he didn't even show any gratitude!"

She had never known when she had been so galled

And sighed with relief when her flight was called.

She gathered her belongings and headed for the gate,

Refusing to look back at the thieving renegade.

She boarded the plane and sank in her seat.

She sought her book, which was almost complete.

As she reached in her baggage, she gasped with surprise;

There was her bag of cookies in front of her eyes!

"If mine are here," she moaned with despair,

"Then the others were his and he tried to share!"

Too late to apologize, she realized with grief,

That she was the rude one, the cookie thief!

Loved the poem!  Sounds like something I might do...since I love cookies so much, and my wife happens to bake the best chocolate chip cookies you'll ever eat!  It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.