The Cookie Thief by Valerie Cox

A woman was waiting at an airport one night

 With several long hours before her flight

 She hunted for a book in the 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 beside her as bold as could be

 Grabbed a cookie or two from the bag between 

Which she tried to ignore to avoid a scene

 She munched cookies and watched the clock

 As this gutsy cookie thief diminished her stock

 She was getting more irritated as the minutes ticked by

 Thinking "If I wasn't so nice I'd blacken his eye"

 With each cookie she took he took one too

 And when only one was left she wondered what he'd 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 

"Oh brother! This guy has some nerve and he's also rude

 Why he didn't even show any gratitude"

 She had never known when she had been so galled 

And sighed with relief when her flight was called

 She gathered her belongings and headed for the gate

 Refusing to look back at the thieving ingrate

 She boarded the plane and sank in her seat

 Then 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 with despair

 "Then 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

Stay peaceful.