On Serving Size

On Serving Size By Elton Camp In the decades since I was a child, I’ve seen serving sizes go so wild From them being just barely enough To enormous servings of their stuff Somehow, it doesn’t seem right to me A restaurant plate with enough for three I like to feel that I got my money’s worth But still not needlessly add to my girth Of course, someone foolish this will call “Hey, nobody is making you eat it all.” But to waste food I was reared to hate So it’s very hard to leave it on my plate “Of starving kids in Africa you don’t care. Otherwise, you’d eat—not leave it there.” Our upbringing it is very hard to put aside And by our parents’ counsel not to abide Half the food at more than half the price As a café offering I think would be nice The restaurant’s profits would increase And wasting food might actually cease