Thankful Thursdays

About 172 Thankful Thursdays ago, I posted something I’ve been asked a few times now to post again. So, without further ado, let me share (pun intended) this cookie with you:

At an airport one night 
With several long hours 
Before her flight. 

She hunted for a book 
In an 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 sitting beside her, 
As bold as could be, 
Grabbed a cookie or two 
From the bag in between, 
Which she tried to ignore 
To avoid a scene. 

So she munched the 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 would blacken his eye." 

With each cookie she took, 
He took one too, 
When only one was left, 
She wondered what he would do.

With a smile on his face, 
And a 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....ooh, brother! 

This guy had some nerve 
And he's also rude, 
Why he didn't even show 
Any gratitude! 

When her flight was called,
She gathered her belongings 
And headed to the gate, 
Refusing to look back 
At the thieving ingrate. 

She boarded the plane, 
And sank in her seat, 
Then 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 in despair, 
The others were his, 
And he tried to share. 

Too late to apologize, 
She realized with grief, 
That she was the rude one, 
The ingrate, the thief!