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The Story of My Uniform

It's in a turtle soup shop where I'm employed It's my duty to cook vomit-inducing soup turtle which no decent human palate could stand; a horrid job and a salary which is even worse, an insult to my brilliant overdeveloped mind; Not to mention the iniquitous schedule, though there's something much worse: the appalling uniform which is an insult to a nonfrivolous mind like mine; and in no way instrumental in contributing to social elegance but a pathological attack on good taste and gumption! a distorted regurgitation of undigested food for thought! A lavender cup with the grotesque company logo! The unsightly checked fuchsia and gray pants! And to top it all: a striped khaki and purple poncho! My odious uniform! Imported from Togo! A lovely idea had the company's honcho! An idea that my Togolese friend rejects! I hug him! I look up to him! 'Cause he abhors both poncho and honcho! Cripes! Yikes! Dinner's ready! Yucky turtle soup I shall regurgitate!

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015




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Date: 5/4/2016 10:15:00 AM
ivo, I'm just here visiting your poem once again. If you ever return to post, I'd like to come back and read your newest. Happy Days **SKAT**
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Date: 1/27/2016 9:54:00 PM
ivo enjoyed reading your poem, Please keep writing and sharing your poetry. XOX -- LINDA --
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Date: 5/31/2015 9:04:00 AM
Ivo, that's amazing. Thanks for sharing the poem
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