what is them lil pink thiggies;

them ovoidipous shaped thiggies?

i think i see'd one move!

I don't eat thiggies what moves!

 

pass some morea tha grappa!
thass not even enuff even to wet my whissler!

 

 

we will not eat larvae

even though seagulls peck

through shells for them.

 

we will not eat crackers

even though chocolate

covers the paste of them.

 

and we will not stab our forks

shredding the lettuce and ravanello

while the wine ferments.

 

no!  let us go then, you and i,

where the vegemite is

spread out against the sky..

 

 

8/25/03

©Susan Katz

 
photo: susan

the vegemite sits way way way back in my fridge.

 

you never know when it might come in handy.

"White Bowls" (c) Meanders 09/01/2003

 

Stranger is expected for the present condiments
strange contents lacking fast food gourmet
presented without Big Mac or Whopper...
strange white bowls laid out on the table

 

Why do I worry being in a strange land?
Why do I see red ribbons in the coleslaw?
Who took the dark red shells off the kidney beans?
Strange white bowls laid out on the table

 

I like white faced Oreos, these are black-backed
sweet biscuits and the tapioca pudding looks flat
but the grape jelly looks rich and freshly made
sitting there solidified in a tall glass beside the

 

strange white bowls laid out on the table

 

'Tis odd that there is only one four-tined fork
'cuz if there were a spoon, I would assume
ice-cream sits in the freezer waiting for
strange white bowls laid out on the table

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