To The Quick

stale to the quick,
something subtracted
of zest, how can
anybody call that food?

it's like the commodity
cheese the government
gives out on the first of
the month.

or something like it.

food is real wheat,
is real cheese,
the kind that reminds
you of the midwest
farm stereotype.

that's why a box
of the real stuff
is being made
tonight.

Reviews

[Seshat Nidaba]

I sense this is deeper than simply about food, how the government manipulates us I imagine.

[Nobody.]

yessir. that's why we redneck folk, out here, in west nowhere grow it and kill it ourselves. only way to know what you're getting is to do the getting. great poem. the world needs more voices like yours.

[Emily B]

I think we are all losing sight of the real . . . my husband thought everything should come from a box and at some point I gave up the homemade stuff

[Ruth]

Nice! This is so cool hon, a deliverance of what is real amongst the wheat and lies! xoxo

[.]

can I put my order in now? loved it..