Rudiments of a Sandwich

Ham sandwich, ham sandwich,
It's time for a ham sandwich.

You grab the bread, I'll grab the ham
and the mayo and the mustard
and the Kraft Singles
and the knife.

I'll place everything out in front of me with your help,
place everything on the counter
and begin to make a sandwich.
The bread is here, the ham and the cheese are here,
and the spreads are beside.

Here, I have the knife
which I spread the mayonnaise onto the bread with.
Now I squirt a lazy circle of mustard from the mustard bottle
onto the mayonnaise-covered bread. Then, I take a few
circular cuts of ham stuck together
place them on the mayo-mustard bread
and fold their top third down.

Then, I take another few slices of ham
and place them atop the previously folded ham cuts
and tuck their bottom third below them.

Oh, and I forgot the cheese layer,
and so I carefully remove the ham tower
then I lay it back down in the plastic.

I need to unwrap a Kraft Single first.

I unwrap a Kraft Single and place it atop
the mayonnaise and mustard bread, and
replace the ham tower atop the cheese and mayo-mustard bread.

Always two layers of cheese, always;
and so I unwrap another Kraft Single and place it
on top of the ham tower.

The patient sandwich top, a simple slice of whole wheat bread
lies beside.
I let him know where he belongs. I lift him up
and place him atop the cheese and the ham
and the cheese and the mayo-mustard bread.

The sandwich is finished, and I can't help but take a bite.
It's perfect.

Put the knife away, would you?
I'll put away the cheese and the ham and the mayo and the mustard;
then I will tie the bag of bread
and place it in the bread basket.

In the sink.
In the sink, please.