School Lunch Poems

Always be sarcastic, but not so much that it's rude.
Be very careful to pretend not to notice what others think.
Clothes don't matter, but they do....

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New Shoes

"Grandpa, my shoes are too small, 
or maybe my feet or too big?"

"You are going to be ten foot tall, 
if you don't stop...

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Peter is joining us for lunch in the cafeteria. I met him on a crowded Saturday morning at a coffee shop. He’s from the flammable,...

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The elevator opened on the 46th floor, to a small foyer and one plain, grey door

The door opened and a young girl, 10ish, in a...

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Thousand utensils
cookie crumbles on the floor
Enough garbage to feed Rhode Island
Relaxing sauna for dead poultry

Cookie crumbles on the floor
Each lunch lady’s ear is in tune...

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Lunch duty is never a delightful experience if you ask me.
Maybe if it is a bunch of children from kindergarten, second or first.
When it is...

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This is a nostalgic trip,
Once milk bottles let it rip,
Forced milk to scoff,
Some days it was really off,
Then for lunch sandwich sodden,
Tomato, cheese, hot or...

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They sit at the lunch tables together….alone……seeking the sustenance of acceptance.


John g. Lawless
©8/21/2019...

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He is eleven, big bright blue eyes, pale, unfreckled skin, lighter hair than most.
Not allowed to eat with other eleven-year-olds.
Due to past and semi-present behaviors
So...

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My dad died in the mountains when I was six.
First words out of his mouth, a new boy, unknown to me.
How old are you now?...

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We used to have a lunch lady
who was so very mean.
She was also very ugly,
and she was never clean!

She was hairy as a monkey!
Revolting as...

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He left for work, lunch pail in hand –
a warm kiss on the cheek at the door.
His arms wrapped me in a big, bear hug...

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LUNCH BOX

The sandwich was probably only two days old
School had let out for Christmas vacation on the 23rd
And now    on Christmas Eve...

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I'm in agony!
As the energy drains out!
Cruelest lunch, arrive!...

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Nobody cares about me,
An apple, a sandwich and some chips,
I’m missing something.
Why don’t people like?
What is wrong with me?

On my left, the popular group,
A flock...

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