Chickens

Chickens are curious folk

They say an egg is an egg and a yolk is a yolk

But really a yolk is part of an egg, but is an egg part of a yolk?

And should we eat the shells of eggs, or will they make us choke?

Perhaps the answer to all this is chickens are curious folk.

SARDINES

Squished together in a can

Atrocious to the taste of man.

Really super gross, so please don’t give me more

Dish me out a spoonful and I’ll throw it out the door.

I’d really rather do the dishes

No! Don’t make me eat those little fishes!

Eating them gives me the grovies

So what happens when you eat anchovies?

Ode to an Orange

So small and round

Your beauty seeps

Through tough yet squishy peel

Your button stem

Your juicy fruit

Your little pebble seeds

You roll around so easily

Wrapped in your porous skin

So sweet to taste

Though sometimes sour

No two do taste the same

Your little segments peel apart

Your color is your name

And from a tree

You once were plucked

From bushy emerald leaves

And traveled over many roads

Until you found your way

From store to home

You once did roam

                                                             Until you came to me!

The Beast

In every cabinet there lives a beast

He eats the old bread, sour milk and the yeast

And at night he comes out to rule the pantry

Dancing around and singing a shanty

Until the morning light shines in

Then he returns to the compost bin

He crushes the egg shells and squashes the cheese

He mashes the orange peels and crushes the peas

Until you’ve had breakfast, and then he comes back

And switches the labels on your mothers spice rack

So this beast, he repeats the same thing every day

And stays in your house wreaking havoc some way