Poem - A New Way To Eat

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It seems apt to respond to the wonderful @Jessicalynnt ‘s latest poetry challenge on National Poetry Day, and this time the five words give a distinct colour theme to the project with ‘yellow, orange, red, brown, green.’ Poem - A New Way To Eat Avoiding the obvious peas are green While custard is brown …. Oh no, I used gravy on the cakes again! No way to prevent this being seen My MasterChef chances will go down Unless there is some way to explain My mistakes away, as a new kind of fusion, Like where they mix Italian and Chinese That’ll hide my confusion And I’ll serve green sprouts instead of cheese. If they ask for orange I’ll serve a pear, It’ll be the biggest idea since Nouvelle Cuisine It’ll be such an audacious dare Nothing you get will be what was seen On the menu, so it’ll be like food roulette You ask for chicken – you just get bread You want white sauce but I’ll give you red It might have nuts, or it might not at all And you still get charged the price of your caviar Though I’ll get you a peperoni from the local pizza car You never get what you are asking for Beans on toast instead of lobster thermadore. It’ll make dining out dangerous, exciting and fun Yes I know you asked for quail’s eggs and truffles Sir We are just giving the tapioca a nice long stir And your pickled egg surprise is nearly done. You’ll never guess what you will get to eat I’m sure the cold porridge will taste a treat Enjoy your turnips in treacle – bon appetite! Arthur Chappell