Grumping

There’s fish and chips on the table 
It’s lovely and all piping hot
Sauce and vinegar was in bottles
Salt and pepper  each in its pot.
Now it’s laid out on the table
Driving me more and more to despair
It’s in individual little sachets
And some of them won’t tear.

My fish and chips lie uneaten
And they’re rapidly losing heat
Without a splash of vinegar
Their  taste just isn’t complete.
Stuff just poured out of bottles
Didn’t give me the despair
Of wrestling with plastic satchels
That  just won’t bloody tear

There’s designers and designers
Each in a field of their own
And I’m sorry if I’m grumpy
And ever ready to have a moan
But there is this little saw
That’s Quite frequently spoken
Just don’t  try and fix a thing
 If the original ain’t broken.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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M  Avatar
December 30, 2023 at 9:01 AM
Haha love this Terry….so funny and relatable!! Those little packets do your head in sometimes! Brilliant! Debx
Ireland Avatar
January 6, 2024 at 1:50 AM
Thanks Deb. They really do blow your mind.
Lawless Avatar
December 30, 2023 at 6:31 AM
hammers, chisels, chop saws, knives, a game of tug-a-war with the dog.....the packaging will preserve the contents long after those attempting to open it succumb
Ireland Avatar
January 6, 2024 at 1:49 AM
They are almost indestructible aren't they John. Have a long list of persons i would like to talk to down a dark alley, baseball bat in hand.
One Avatar
December 30, 2023 at 6:04 AM
Now you have made me want fish and chips.. I enjoyed reading your grumpy poem Terry.. You have a remarkable way with words that many a poet can relate.. All the best for 2024..
Ireland Avatar
January 6, 2024 at 1:48 AM
Love my Fish'n'taties -I remember the old days on the way from the pub, wrapped in newspaper and slathered in salt ad vinegar. Many thanks Silent One
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