Long Undercooked Poems

It was the end of a long, hard day, made tolerable because the work was performed to benefit victims of the earthquake.

The other volunteers and I ate our bowl of soggy, undercooked rice and beans...

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I filled in the application form,
Fluffed the facts on question 42,
And three weeks later learned
I’d been accepted, I’d got through,
An approved Probationary Member
And just as soon as they were able
Fine Dining Restaurant  Scotch Mist
Would...

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QUICK EXIT

From the kitchen came a very odd smell
Menu was in Thai so I couldn't tell
Pointed and asked what is that
The waiter said its grilled rat
Was outta there like a bat outta hell...

EYE EYE

Went out...

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The Bacon King



When I got married a long time ago
There were many things I looked for
Besides the obvious, romp in the nude
I couldn’t wait, to eat some good food

Well sometimes it, would happen just right
Sometimes...

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Shattered bottled up dreams
strewn in callous fashion,
litter those Tobacco roads
of man-made poverty
Cancerous amorality
is the accepted dystopian reality
Majority rule by the metal ballot law ... 
second finger got a gun pressed to the jaw
Diablo destiny decree:
Dos...

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Dateline:  19 August, 2008 – Sun Times Headline - Man says 9-foot tapeworm came from undercooked salmon salad 

I thought it appropriate to share this with you on its anniversary.

TAPEWORM

I felt the movement deep...

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The past, a time and space that no longer exists,
I'm talking about the past in my mind.
In the dark pit of memory, I can only drown today.

In an old house, the smell of ancestors long...

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We Are Not Alone

Where are we going?
Rushing around
Going everywhere and ending up nowhere
Do we have to move so fast?
Eating undercooked hamburgers and supersized Cokes
We do not talk to each other
We never notice the person standing...

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A bottle slightly submerged in the Sea
has within its light glass a scrap of paper-

on which are the words 
"Do you know me?"

"I am on other shores, perhaps 
exactly opposite Yours."

The orange deep red-brown 
of...

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Raw, raw foods
Ain't the true goods for you.
You can die hard from raw intoxication,
Contamination, i-in-inflammation…!
Cook 'em all the way through, yo.

"Y'all chef and staff,"
"Yes…?"
"I can't eat this. Its raw, raw m-meat-is r-raw-raawh meat!"
"Oh…. Well it's...

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Sunny Side Up Please

By Elton Camp

As to eating runny eggs, experts say
It’s far preferable just to run away

Undercooked yolk & translucent white
Due to salmonella, are quite a fright

Such cooking, the CDC does deride
For eggs are...

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A Serving of Bacteria With the Pork?

By Elton Camp

It’s hard to believe that some say
Eating pork that’s pink is okay

Here’s how a supermarket survey went
Yersinia were found in nearly 70 percent

Salmonella, enterococcus and listeria too
Make...

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Trust is a rare thing when hidden out in life.
              You find it in the craggy spots;
     ...

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MY BLUE CHEESE IS BACON

Crispy, well-done with lettuce and tomato on toast
with mayonnaise or miracle whip, a touch to my lips,
but how my mind races when soggy tomato does coast
down my tongue with wobbly, undercooked...

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I made a  cheese flan
Both burned  black and undercooked
It was edible

I guess my knack left
Along with my dear husband.
All's been cremated!

That's why I can't eat.
I see Auchwitz and Dachau.
Christianity.

These ring the death knell.
That...

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