Alex Frankel Poet Free verse

Mcdonald's Only Serve Sausage and Egg Mcmuffins Up Until Half Past Ten

We’re watching Saturday
Morning cookery
On TV; wide-eyed
Amateurs impressing
Mock-military judges
With parcels and fools
And baskets and coulis
And ganaches and jus.
My wife likes a recipe
And asks me to record
It for posterity and for dinner.
But I couldn’t care less
About eggs julienne
Because it’s coming up
To half past ten
And my head is screaming
“Run for the muffin!
Run for the muffin!”

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Verlena S. Walker March 2, 2014 at 5:04 AM Good humor Alex is always well said poetically... Verlena

S.Zaynab Kamoonpuri March 1, 2014 at 1:48 PM Hmm a scrumptious poem. A wry look n a watering mouth that u garnish it with, ah wow! Enjoyd yor cookry show. Pls review my latest poem too.

Andrea Dietrich February 26, 2014 at 7:41 PM oh I love it: run for the muffin. You know you can make those at your home!! You butter muffins sliced in half and get them toasty in the oven and then fry some eggs and crisp bacon as you are melting cheese on the muffins in the oven. Put it all together. YUM. Alex Frankel February 27, 2014 at 3:55 AM Hi Andrea, thanks. Sounds tasty!! Wish modern technology allowed us to send muffins over the internet ... :)

Jan Allison February 25, 2014 at 1:07 PM made me giggle and head for the cookery book. I'd personally run the other way from Mcdonalds and the thought of a mcmuffin but each to their own. (and its 15 miles away to get there lol) Happy reading and writing Jan Alex Frankel February 25, 2014 at 1:23 PM Hi Jan - thanks for reading!! Yes they're pretty horrible things really ... but unfortunately Ronald got me at a tender age and now it's hard to shake the habit :)