Four Random Thoughts About Food
by Rachel Michelle Collier
Mr. Bean is like a beanpole.
Or he is like a long bean.
He certainly has all the qualities of a string bean:
For one, he is a bit stringy.
For two, he does not have good taste.
For three, he has the personality of a bean.
For four, he seems a bit overcooked, as he is often limpid
and without much color.
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Bratwurst
is a type of tasty sausage.
And sausages, of course,
do not come from horses,
for that would be the worstest,
for humans and for horses
(especially for horses).
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I think that the forbidden fruit
just might have been an apricot.
And that then there was likely snot,
since Eve and Adam likely cried
when God sent them into the hot,
outside of the cool of His garden,
to live among the thorns and briars.
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Garlic and onions.
Smell: Bad enough to ward off vampires, as usual.
Preparation: You will cry and gag through the whole debacle.
Taste once thoroughly cooked: Will take you to the moon.
Advisement: Eat it. But eat a lot ONLY if you’d like to lose
both friends and enemies
for a day or two.
And this concludes my random thoughts on food.
About the Poet
Rachel Michelle Collier is from Mississippi, and has been published in Heart of Flesh Literary Journal (the sister-site of Pure in Heart), Fathom Mag, Ekstasis, and The Dirigible Balloon. She wants you to know that you are loved. X: @CollierRachelM
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