Saturday, August 01, 2015

School Menu Sends Regrets

just once it could have been
apple tart with cream
strawberry pie supreme

and not these stringy string beans
smidgeon of tater tots oh
thanks a lot for the pigs in a blanket

dumped on top of the pineapple upside down
cake that'll taste great. the greasy meatballs now

let's see the milk's from 1953
got cottage cheese? it's '58 I do believe
oh why can't it ever please be

cherries jubilee
beef wellington
that'd be swellington

floating island
nothing canned

cake like it was our birthday every day
and then we'd run and play
at recess never study less

you'd see:
I'm sick to death of
English Peas

with rubber corn bread.
can I have cereal please

the kind that colours the milk?

mary angela douglas 1 august 2015