Who Was Mrs Butterworth

Known to British
thespians as
Dame Butterworth,
a sometimes glass,
sometimes plastic
vessel into
which projections
poured. A matron
no doubt (and yet
not matronly)
who kept butter
pats beneath her
apron. Known to
her more hometown
peeps as both Joy
and Jodeen J.
Butterworth, it
was this beloved
bottle lady
who scooted a-
long our river-
banks looking for
waffles. When glass,
a gleam rose. And
when as plastic
she talked her way
into our log
homes, we sat back
and we squeezed her.