'I'll see that plate clean,' she said, 'Or I'll send you straight to bed.' Liver and onions lie in wait, two choices up for debate.
'I won't hear a word till you've finished.' It lay there still undiminished. It's cold, unfit to eat, congealed, and nowhere can it be concealed.
'You should have thought of that before.' When I grow up I'll eat no more of that cabbage, liver - lousy crud. Give me sweets and crisps, perhaps rice pud'.
She should have thrown it in the bin. Now I'm stuck, a locust for my sin. I must eat all, my waists expanding. Though Mother's gone, her ghost's demanding.