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Homespun ice cream

homespun ice cream
for children of all ages
~ love on a spoon

The needs of many World Class Quality

Aprilcity was the theme a ridiculous jesture
A smile to say it was witty
A jesture to say it was clever
A lighthouse ajurned to a castle
In the middle of the desert
Might the mermaids sing to me
Might the prayers of sea merchants
Sound above the rocks
Might the winds howl in such agreement
The staffs of respected people
To treat visitors as

Food

this evening, in mood
to have a spicy seafood,
okra and apple

There's No Fuel Like Gruel

Ate peas porridge hot,

Ate peas porridge cold.

It tasted like snot,

It tasted real old.

On Mom's second shot,

It tasted like coal.

"I made a new pot,"

"So, have a hot bowl."

But, fresh gruel or not,

It smelled worse than skunks.

Put head over pot,

Blew peas porridge chunks.

Patience is a Virtue

Tough, but ever hip,
Our Miss Patience said,
"You all never tip,"
"So, patience is dead."

"Here's some more bad news,"
"You all leave a mess."
"Got grease on my shoes,"
"And stains on my dress."

"Then, when my day ends,"
"And finally get home,"
"My family and friends,"
"Can smell me from Gnome!"

"No more free coffee,"
"And no more free swill,"
"No more sweet toffee,"
"Best just pay

Bitter truths for tiny forks

food fit for palaces
prepared with expert chef's care —
served to a small child
gets an instant revulsion
they're so brutally honest

nature hard-wired tongues
to guard against bitter greens
which could be poison
like veggies appear to be
to a child with veg decree

one bite - that's the pact
then child can eat another
food morsel they like
each taste an invitation
to get braver by

let us be alone

my mouth salivated upon sight of the delectable cream puff
I could almost taste the frothy sweet fillings and the flaky crusts
let us be alone I told the rest of them picking up a spoon

hamhocks for my dogs

ham hocks
the dogs love them
sure. they are costly
but they satisfy
and our dogs are our people
I cringe as I hear their teeth crunching up bone and gristle
My teeth hurt thinking about it

From the Book OOh-Us

Miss Percy and Mister Pasmer
decided to jump the broom
they would marry in December,
 February or June
the perfection of coupling
they wished to have a ball
a celebration for freinds and family
a great time for one and all
whilest shopping for the festivities
a gentlemen heard them say
the meats all these meats
will be cooked this fabulous day.
The butcher told them

HUNGER UNFED

HUNGER UNFED* 
"He satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good." Psalms 107:9 (NEHB)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
**I am a hungry soul starving for more—
I am an insatiable appetite craving something.
I am an emptiness, a void
with a permanent hunger for 
something intangible deep inside.

*I am a hungry soul who eats, and eats, and mindlessly eats again,
eating

Thought for the Day

People who live only to eat
are doomed to a lifetime
of wiping more than
their mouths.

COLIN AND TIM

A field where tall bony trees,
Where hums the cool gentle breeze. 

In the gentleness of the grass green,
There lived two rabbits Colin and Tim. 

Colin and Tim two best friends,
Lived in little caves in the grassland. 

Colin looked like autumn and fallen leaves,
His roasted chestnut fur like all hallows' eve. 

Tim looked like winter, his

Quarterly Report

Squiggly lines, short and tall lines. Back in a classroom eating a box lunch with Donna, my attentive husband and other strangers.
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pie charts & graphs
nodding
need coke & understanding
flipping
pages & eyelids
nibbling
caffeinated cookie
all 
the way through
presentation

Crazy Garfield

Garfield was with Jon,                                                              
sitting on the lawn.                                   

Instant Potato Mix

I’ve never learned the art of a reliable recipe,
only the art of guessing who might eat it.

I will learn what you love,
the way you take your coffee,
that you’d rather have mustard on your sandwich,
that you prefer your toothpaste tastes like fruit instead of mint.

You see, I try too hard.
My food can’t be one flavor—
that would

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