The Best Pysanka

My grandmother writes pysanky,

So does my mother, and so do I.

But whose will be the very best?

I think the answer will be: mine.

My grandmother agrees with me,

My mother says that mine’s the best.

And I ask “Daddy, is that true?”

And he replies “Of course it is!”

Even the cat is  murmuring,

High upon the windowsill.

No doubt he wants to make it known

the glory really should be his.

Because upon my colored egg

He placed his moistened little paw.

Unseeingly he thus did ruin

My straight and freshly written lines.

My grandmother writes pysanky,

So does my mother, and so do I.

But whose will be the prettiest one?

I think the answer will be: mine.

––Ivanna Savytska

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