The Lemon Wedge On the Rim of Your Glass

The Lemon Wedge on the Rim of Your Glass By Elton Camp Exposure to germs isn’t always a blight They make the immune system work right In normal living, we get all that we need But lemon wedges all good sense exceed It’s quite likely that you are going to find The lemon picker scratched his behind Washing lemons, restaurants say they do In most cases, the claim simply isn’t true Lemons are dirty when they enter the door In the café, they’ll get contaminated more Slicing is done with hands germy as can be And the knives used aren’t of bacteria free The slices are handled with glove or tong Think that and you’re usually very wrong Servers pick them up with hands unwashed And against the glass rim they are squashed With pathogenic bacteria your drink is spiked The risk of getting sick has just been hiked A recent study found bacteria such as these Pathogens from skin, saliva and even feces Even when it’s “No lemon” that you say It may appear on or in your drink anyway Drinks lemon-free really ought to remain If from drinking germs you would abstain