Short Square Meal Poems

still a dream---
a square meal
on a round table...

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day food became saleable commodity ~ man became inhumane
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government should provide two square meal to all  ~ no one should die of hunger
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I love how it’s symmetrical,
Each side a perfect match.
In former days, when jeans were ripped,
It made the perfect patch.

To call someone a square, though,
Was insulting, but a deal
That’s square was something good, just like
Receiving a square meal.

We square away our debts;
A square dance can be lots of fun.
I could go on forever or
Go back to (pause)…square one!...

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I had a meal that wasn’t square
Though all the things I’d need were there:
Some crusty bread, some cheese and fruit
And lots of salad spreads, to boot.

A plate of veggies, nicely sliced
And lox and cream cheese, which enticed.
A pot of coffee, freshly perked
And pastries (where the cal’ries lurked).

I lunched with utter pure delight;
The hostess got it all just right.
I wonder how would one prepare
A better meal to make it square....

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a black moon walked
on a white desert
from unknown to unknown,
the violence was furiously evolving

the virus, was multiplying
by  destruction, the greenness of green
was reduced barely to essential,
kelp had choked the shorelines

embracing unmathematical snares,
genes had become weightless and
were corroding the sane blameless,

you collect the roses overnight
for a perfumed burial of freedom
which did not get a square meal in peace
after crossing the river


SATISH VERMA...

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