Tony Hargreaves Poet Couplet

LET THE KETCHUP CATCH UP

Food packaging was once simple.
Ketchup came in a glass bottle
with a small cap that you unscrew.
Now we have plastic package new.

Man’s cleverness comes to the fore
to give ketchup a novel pour.
What clever gadgets we are sold
but there are details we’re not told.

Just the right squeeze is critical
from plastic bottle flexible.
Now if it’s straight out of the fridge
you must squeeze hard to get a squidge.

Then it should be allowed to breathe,
inhaling just from underneath.
But if you overlook this part
the next squeeze with a splat will start     

and all around receive a share
as bright red splatters everywhere.
So next time with plastic ketchup
give it breathing time to catch up.

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Lindsay Laurie June 27, 2021 at 4:38 PM Hello Tony … plastic is becoming the new disaster towards the destruction of the environment but greed is more important for human needs - thanks Tony - Lindsay Tony Hargreaves June 29, 2021 at 2:22 PM Thanks Lindsay. Now huge amounts of plastic waste that's too much to recycle. So it is now exported. We pay a fee to see it goes away. But then where does it really go. Perhaps, by stealth, into the sea. Tony

Darlene De Beaulieu June 17, 2021 at 11:51 AM Hello Tony Hargreaves, yes that is so true about the ketcup bottle. Enjoy your day my friend. Tony Hargreaves June 24, 2021 at 9:31 AM Thanks Darlene. The packaging industry is using more and more plastic to flood us with trivial novelties to impress us. But it helps to bump up sale price and increase profit. And create more heaps of plastic waste. Best wishes.