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Lili Gudewicz Apr 2020
Sometimes you make me feel like a Chinese takeout bag.
I leave the building filled with holes and all I say is “thank you thank you thank you”.
ms reluctance Apr 2020
Bottom heavy, firm to touch,
summer flushed round cheeks,
pleasantly pitted. Stripped ****,
swerve curve, mellow flesh
deseeded. Cubed, served
papaya.
Sweet!
NaPoWriMo Day 24
Poetry form: Epulaeryu
LC Apr 2020
the smell lures you in.
all you want is food
until you're suddenly
fighting for your life.
you can never catch a breath
without someone behind you.
because when you rest
for even one second
that's when they strike.
#escapril day 19!
sked Apr 2020
Smoke it up cool cat
Lie back in the chair
Light a cig and breathe-
In the warm tobacco-
Taste flavors of tar, menthol-
And happiness
Feel nicotine travel
Through the branches-
Of veins
Exhale
Watch the opaque smoke
Dwindle in front-
Dip head forward-
Get that scent in-
Hair-
Eau de cig

Coffee finally arrives
Put out the cig
Ground plant into-
Burning ashes-
Pinch the cig-
Pour in cream-
Stir with cig-
Gettin’ the crusty-
Embers into the-
Golden nectar-
Of the gods-
Around around it goes
Drink it up
Is the rough gravel-
On your tongue-
Ground coffee or ash?
Paul Butters Apr 2020
Whoah! A stinky ****
In an enclosed room!
Out we go…
To pure fresh air
Ozonal
With a hint of salty sea.

Smell that fresh-cut sappy grass,
Those rustic woods
An acrid hint of fox
Dog and cat
Someone’s perfume lingering in the air.

Things are cooking:
Bacon to **** for,
Baking bread,
Spicy curries
And glorious fish and chips.
Roast beef and lamb
Fast fried food
And coffee
Pervades the air.

Garden blossoms
Traditional roses.
I finger a mint-leaf…

But something is burning!
Ah!
Not the same as the smell of rain.

But don’t ask me.
Ask instead those dogs and cats
With their super-sense of smell.
For Max the Labrador Collie
Always inspects my feet
And heaven knows
What he makes of
That.

Paul Butters

© PB 14\4\2020. ("Fast fried food And coffee" added 18\4).
Just ONE of our senses....
feh Apr 2020
I knew you
Were the one
When you said

You could only finish
33.334% of a *** of
Kraft Mac n Cheese

For I myself
Can finish no more
Than 66.667%
a simple poem with countless deeper meanings
Big Virge Apr 2020
So ... What’s In Store ... ?!?

Well ... A Lot of Store Wars ...
And That’s For ... SURE ... !!!!!

A Lot of EMPTY Shelves ...
And Now Aisles As Well ... !!!

A Load of PANIC Buying ... !!!
From People Who Are Lying ...
To They God ****** Selves ...
About ... What They Need ...
To Preserve Their Health ... ?!?

As If ... Having Wealth ...
Will Save Them From Hell ...

The One In Which ...
They’re Now Forced To Dwell ...

That’s Right Their Own Homes ...
In ... AFFLUENT Zones ... !!!!!

What’s In Store For Us All May Not Serve Well ... !?!

Because … Even The Poor ...
Are Now Warring Like Soldiers On Foreign Shores ... !?!
OVER ... HAND SANITISERS And A Whole Lot More ... !!?!!

Like …..
Toilet Roll And Bars of Soap ... ?!?

While The Fools Will Choose ...
To Shop For The Tools That Soldiers Use ... ?!?

Guns And Stuff ...
Like Americans Who Believe In Trump ... !?!

Now CERTAIN Employees ...
Who Are Deemed To Be Key ...
To Our Medical Teams ...
Will Get To See Shops Open Early ...
So They Can Shop Quickly To Get What They Need ...

But Now LENGTHY Queues ...
Will Now Be Used ...
So That Shops Can View ...
Shoppers ... TWO By TWO ...
Who Want To Buy Food ... !!!

So It Seems That NOAH ...
Is Now The CONTROLLER ... !?!

For Tomorrow’s Shoppers ...
Okay ... That’s NONSENSE ... !?!

WITHOUT His ARK ...
Is He Having A Laugh ... !!!

Cos’ ... What’s In Store ...
Is Gonna Cause PROBLEMS ... !!!

No Time For Price DROPPING ... !!!

Just ... Store Wars That Ensure That Prices Will SOAR ... !!!
When Food Supply Chains CAN'T Supply ANYMORE ... !!!!!!!
Because of Restrictions On Shores And Ports ...

It May Get INSANE ... ?
WAIT ... What Am I Saying ... ?!?

... It ALREADY IS ... !!!

Because Martial Law Is Now Being Enforced ...
To Ensure That The Streets Are Now Kept Clean ...
of Human Breeds ... Now Spreading Disease ... !!!!!!!

Things Are Now CRAZY As Well As Being FUNNY ... ?!?

“Pay By Card Please, Cos’ We Won’t Touch Your Money !”

So .....
It’s A Cashless World That Will ... Unfurl .................

Which Is Part of The Plot That’s Bound To Shock ...
Markets ... That Are Filled With Stocks ...
UNLIKE The Ones ... In Supermarket Shops ... !!!!!!!!!!!!!

I Hate To Bore But What’s Really The Score ...
Because ... No One Seems To Know Now ...

.... “ What’s In Store ? “ ....
As the poem asks, what really is in store for us all now ....... ???
Casey Apr 2020
Like a swamp ****
it grows in the boiling water of saucepans.
That seems to be the only way people cook it.
It's slimy and soggy
and tastes of death.
The corpse of a once thriving plant,
now in the coffin of the saucepan.
Disgusting.
Revolting.
Why would anyone see that ditch ****
and think,
"Looks edible!"
Obviously they were very wrong.
Prompt to write the opposite of an ode for food that we hate.
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