Helen Chick
57. Sacrifice
Equally shared until now
One remains between us —
Tempting and desirable —
And it is with no small effort
That I summon strength to speak
And offer you the last Tim Tam.
16 June 2013
Comments: I think I may have treated this theme a bit lightly. Tim Tams, for those who don’t know, are a chocolate biscuit. Since there are 11 in a packet* — and 11 is a prime number — sharing can never be done fairly unless there are 11 of you (or you scoff the whole packet yourself!).
* This may change, given companies’ tendencies to find creative ways to give you less for the same price.
Themes to come: 58. Kick in the Head; 59. No Way Out; 60. Rejection; 61. Fairy Tale; 62. Magic
Explanation about the 100 poems challenge here.
Yeah, if anything, I expect they’ll decide to drop the packet size right down to 7. On the upside, it does mean you won’t need as many friends to share them out equally, but on the downside, this may imply you have less friends! Oh Arnott, why do you taunt us so!?