No. 12.—A Receipt.
To decapitate a notion
Of course makes it dead,
But gives what is put
On the murderer's head.
A further beheadment
Will make what you pay
When you purchase an article
At a shop some day.
Again you behead
With a very quick motion,
And at once there's a plant
That is part of the notion.
Behead once more
And the first part you see
Of what our confection
Is going to be.
Take a measure of paper
To form the second.
Prefix one hundred
In proper shape reckoned.
Join this to the first,
And I'm sure you will say
It's a delightful treat
For a hot summer day.