Thinking
Foodstuffs Poems: Julie Gilligan
FOOD STUFF Foodstuffs? Food stuff. Stuff and nonsense Stuff the food. No, stuff the bird Stuff the what? You heard Stuff your face you … pudding face. I beg your pardon… pudding face. Or I’ll … What? I’ll knock the stuffing Out of you. Who? Me? You and who? Yoo hoo! Chicken. You’re chicken Chicken feed. Life’s too short For stuffing stuff in foodstuffs We might as well just stuff Ourselves with food
CUPBOARD LOVE Boiled eggs and little soldiers Steamed fish with processed peas Comfort memories to console us When ill and difficult to please. Pastry, cake and Christmas pud We stirred them with a wish And now that wish, recalled, Repeats with every dish.
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