The Brother of Lies

"I did not take the last cookie,"
my brother protested 'till his face was blue.
My response, "I'd rather choke on your lies
than shed one tear because of you!"
I could not believe it happened again,
I saw him eat it with my own two eyes!
He smacked his lips and then grinned,
with those mean, horribly twisted eyes.
"Only a sick cookie stealing kid,
could be so squinty," I thought.
"You eat all the cookies!
Even the ones I bought!"
"Correction," said he,
"I ate ALMOST all the delectible treats,
and as they melted in my mouth,
I just savored the feast."
I could smell his gross breath,
and called for Mother,
she sighed and told us
we all had to get along together.
I tried to be kind,
I really did,
but it is very hard,
when you are only a kid.
I finally asked my brother
if we could share,
that way we could both have cookies
fair and square.
He said, "No, way!"
he looked at me with a weird look,
"I never knew you liked mince-meat cookies!"
I asked, "You mean the ones that are always over-cooked?"
As it turned out,
my brother was only teasing,
he ate all the cookies I did NOT like,
and left me all the pleasing.