Kendall Merriam: The Beret
THE BERET: For Bea
You look the part
of a jolly young French woman
dedicated to food that pleases
sausages that peanut oil
glorifies and with condiments
that vary the tastes
Holy onions, kraut, cheese
and the standbys ketchup, mustard, relish
standing hours with
your work pals
delivering by the millions
I wonder if you would
like to relax for awhile
and read the history
you have in your cellar
it would be nice, very nice
if you did not have to have
dinners like this to depend on
when universal health care
which our ill-fated government
denies and denies
Congress is cared for at Bethesda
and the President has never
lacked for treatment
particularly the five
bone-spurs
how curious he wants to
cutaway anybody from good health
and rest
but perhaps there are people
at your diner
who meet and marry and have children
who bring the cause of Peace. just think
what a world without war
could bring people from our Earth
who would come to your cookshop
be happy devouring your dogs
making you Chef-in-Chief
of our Royal City!
Kendall Merriam, Home, 10/27/17 11:15 PM
Listening to Phyllis clean up the kitchen after dinner I cooked
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