Mushroom Stew

(for Gahan Wilson) Mushroom stew, mushroom stew Nothing more or less will do Needs no spice, no barley rice, Laced with wine would not be nice. Every morning, noon and night Mushroom buttons grace my plate With my fork and spoon and knife Feasting till the hour is late. A tasty brew is mushroom stew Makes you dream and makes you scream Eat some and I promise you You'll become a mushroom, too. "Mushroom Stew" appeared in my newsletter Mushroom Stew 1, 1975. It was collected in the big omnibus Anthony Shriek: His Doleful Adventures; or, Lovers of Another Realm (Centipede Press, 2017), containing the horror novel plus a second book's worth of short stories, novelettes, poems, and "odd end pieces."