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The Meatball

I'm a meatball in a sub, With three others just like me, We are warmed by tomato sauce, And a blanket made of cheese. The roll is our surrounding house, Handled by a man, Shivering at a football stadium, While sitting in the stands. My best friends will soon leave me, One by one as I watch the teeth, Overreach each sphere of nutrients, Devouring what's beneath. This is what I was born to do, so I will not be afraid, Munch, munch, munch. Oh what a glorious day! 18-September-2021

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Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 3/23/2022 11:54:00 AM

Hello Robert Liquior, I have not had a meatball sub in a very long time. Enjoy you your day my friend.

Suzanne Delaney

Date: 3/22/2022 8:33:00 AM

HA HA JAMES WELL, IF THIS ISN’T THE ULTIMATE ‘ACCEPTING YOUR LOT IN LIFE’, POEM…. Thanks for the belly laugh. SuZ

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 9/22/2021 11:17:00 AM

You are a fun poet! Thanks for the laugh! I love a good meatball sub. My sister and brother-in-law make the best ones. They owned a sub shop for a bit!

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 9/23/2021 2:44:00 PM

That’s what my cousin calls the 80-20% - 80% funny, 20% fall flat.

Robert James Liguori
Date: 9/22/2021 3:49:00 PM

Thanks, I try to be funny, sometimes it works! Sometimes, not so much!!

Natasha L Scragg

Date: 9/19/2021 1:48:00 PM

This is cool.. sooo adding this to my faves!!

Robert James Liguori
Date: 9/19/2021 3:18:00 PM

Thanks!

Joe Dimino

Date: 9/19/2021 8:42:00 AM

Well, having had many a good sub, I could not stop before finishing this read. Delicious! A fovorite!

Robert James Liguori
Date: 9/22/2021 3:51:00 PM

Thanks, the meatball sub I bought at the supermarket had an opening in the wrapping, so rather than eating it, I wrote a poem... So it didn't completely go to waste!

Chris Con

Date: 9/19/2021 5:49:00 AM

It hurts when I laugh and I laugh when I cry. Thanks for the lost B side Beatles tune.

Robert James Liguori
Date: 9/22/2021 3:52:00 PM

Your welcome, thanks for the comment!