Leftovers Poems - Poems about Leftovers

The 20-pound butterball turkey rests On a table laden with condiments; We bow our heads, reach out our hands and bless And say grace which presupposes our content. But as we eat, the elephant harrumphs To lead our banter and wordplay astray, We assert on Gaza or butterball Trump Or some other donnybrook of the day. Alas, the turkey is now...

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Dinner scraps, primal deathtraps. Life’s meal is the class struggle, and some of us are left starving. We are the movement of the masses, a sleeping colossus running on corporate time. Dinner scraps, merciless steel traps. We are measured only as commodities. We give our lives as wage chattel. We make our homes or lose them on the edges of a time clock. Dinner scraps,...

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THANKSGIVING LEFTOVERS Thanksgiving has now come and gone, But we’ve still got turkey by the pound, So the question now becomes, What leftover recipes can be found? We can have turkey tetrazzini, Turkey chili with lots of beanies, Turkey chow mein, Turkey with whole grains, Cause we’re not thrilled by more turkey plain. Turkey stacked on white bread, lots of mayo, Turkey quite spicy doused...

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I’ve always felt like leftovers to you. The one you would only seek out when it most benefited you. When my plans were set, you were always “regretfully” busy with plans you completely dismissed me from. Did I even cross your mind? As you were drawing a line between us until you needed what was...

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Here’s an often overlooked fact I’m sure many parents would concede: The larger a family grows…and extends…the more Tupperware you need! Yes, there’s an easy way to tell when your family dynamic is changing… that has nothing to do with genes and chromosomes… When your family comes to dinner…it’s the amount of leftovers they’re taking home. When the children are...

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And another day has flopped down in front of you, resting after last night's stormy lovemaking between earth and sky - you take your seat near where the river whispers its secrets as it does every morning. It shows you its hoard of driftwood and plastic bottles. To it, all is prized, all given a home. Habit has you pushing thought boats out into the...

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Advertised as an Estate Sale Which I took to mean Not just yard sale discards. Here are some Of the things you could obtain: Aluminum baking pans Plastic punch bowl Four segments of track from a train set Discolored tea-towels with embroidered edges Christmas themed throw pillow Velvet painting of sailing ships Flimsy dollar-store wall mirror Cheaply framed picture of Jesus A used tire with "free" sign...

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At the end of a meal, we take all that is left, Wrap it up to consume the next day, With the cycle repeating until all that food Is devoured, but not thrown away. Same with sewing a project – what fabric remains When the quilt or the pillow’s complete, Joins the remnants from previous stitchings I’ve made So the next time,...

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There once was a gobbler named Tom, Who thought himself quite the fowl homme, Though hens thought him a cad, Pilgrims thought he was rad, Especially stuffed, roasted and basted...nom, Nom NOM!!...

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I swallowed hard the feelings scorned, to finish off my plate But filled I was in sated form a glutton postulate I bit off more than I could chew, with meat still on the bone My stomach full of fiery barbs —leftovers unatoned (Villanova University: January, 2020)...

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When hosting a holiday meal There's always a certain appeal To food that remains For you've taken such pains To prepare it, it seemed an ordeal. But after the guests have all split If you're honest, you'll have to admit That your efforts have paid Since the food that you've made Can be eaten for days, bit by bit....

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Laptop Note Leftovers things I am currently stressed about: this feeling i have this. i found this today. i was going about my life and i found this. i make lists about things that make me anxious and i delete them when they have been resolved or i’ve moved on. this was never deleted. i’m worried i may never...

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Leftovers Don’t let Christmas come in too much of a hurry I really can’t handle one more turkey curry The kids now want something else for their teas So it’s six pigs in blankets and biscuits for cheese Faced with leftovers for the rest of the hols Anyone want anymore sausage rolls A nice new year snack? The family concur I get out...

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turkey leftovers on bread, in soups, on last legs and all gobbled up 11/27/2018...

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downing leftovers zingless pasta microwaved haphazardly 8/26/2018...

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