Food Vanity Poems

Resolved was I to exercise,
To utmost try to slenderize.
From flabby bod I'd poundage peel
To Grecian god beneath reveal.

But soon my straining torso frail
Becomes complaining, moaning...

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Every time I
touch something
I feel the 
germs
coating
my fingertips.

Every time I
walk
I feel the germs
soaking
into my feet.

I feel
every
light brush,
touch,
a single graze
of the fingertips,
I feel everything.

I sense the...

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HEALTHY SENIOR

My mother used to feed me to grow up big and strong
Cauliflower and broccoli, some foods that taste so wrong
How could anyone believe that...

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Everyday we get more dependant
Reducing our span of attention
Rendering us less independant 
Diminishing our skill of retention. 

Like this, like that
Me.. Me.. meme.. Me
View this,...

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AMBIVALENT
The swallowing of a morsel can't be justified
If the stomach still hurts.
Scorpion– the shining demon,
who doesn't stop until it’s quashed
applauds as it was filled with...

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Pinch

Rarity often governs price, 
and availability 
more so, than the need,
and acceptance of what is on hand.

Pinch...

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Open minded Ike, who hailed from County Pike
Inherited a classic Indian Motor Bike
Being open minded and concerned it might offend
He buried it in the land...

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I really wish I could feel your pain
Just to see if we feel the same
not to say your feelings aren't real
But to say I know...

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Did you know that I'm slicker than lotion.
And my poetry is always in motion.
That's why reading it feels like you're coasting.
Because it flows like a...

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Being selfish is not a blessing that makes one proud,
does it really render one happy seeing misery,
keeping all to oneself and turning a blind eye
is...

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Progress
by Michael R. Burch

There is no sense of urgency
at the local Burger King.

Birds and squirrels squabble outside
for the last scraps of autumn:
remnants of buns,
goopy pulps...

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I made a deal with the devil.
I asked for the beauty I once had
And promised my soul in return.
I don’t even believe in such things
But...

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Yesterday's Nonsense

I don't like animal crackers Dewey,
I'd rather have eggs and Ham.
I've never liked animal crackers Dewey,
You know what a fiend I am.

Fix me a...

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Some one must invent a smart machine right now
To serve peoplekind immediately with a feeder
A device that serves up sunflower seeds with hydraulics
Through a small...

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To be Ignored (heads in the air, or maybe noses)

The toilet makes a swoosh, 
The drain makes a giggle.
Grandpa lets go a “big” one, 
and...

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