Elton Camp Poet Rhyme

On Serving Size

On Serving Size

By Elton Camp

In the decades since I was a child,
I’ve seen serving sizes go so wild
From them being just barely enough
To enormous servings of their stuff

Somehow, it doesn’t seem right to me
A restaurant plate with enough for three
I like to feel that I got my money’s worth
But still not needlessly add to my girth

Of course, someone foolish this will call
“Hey, nobody is making you eat it all.”
But to waste food I was reared to hate
So it’s very hard to leave it on my plate

“Of starving kids in Africa you don’t care.
Otherwise, you’d eat—not leave it there.”
Our upbringing it is very hard to put aside
And by our parents’ counsel not to abide

Half the food at more than half the price
As a café offering I think would be nice
The restaurant’s profits would increase
And wasting food might actually cease

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