FOOD ALLEGORY

FOOD ALLEGORY

(Sing to “Pop-Eye The Sailor Man”)

A foodie is upward sent

By a sight that won’t pay the rent…

In fact it will cost

Much more than he’s lost,

And more than he ever has spent.

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One can’t eat one cream puff

On  empty and have enough…

One wants to keep eating

And commitment cheating,

With carbohydrates ’til you’re stuffed.

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A diabetic’s ice cream,

The real stuff would be a dream…

But get back that taste,

Maybe gobble in haste,

And watch your good health go downstream.

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It’s good if you’re not able

To consume much at the table…

If you do the rounds

You’ll stay in bounds,

Preferring a diet stable.

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Remember you are not alone,

But have a nice dish at home,

Properly measured

And def’nitely treasured,

It’s safer to eat light at home.

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Watching them cook from afar,

It’s wiser to stay where you are…

Expensive, unearned,

Digestive tract burned:

And never get rid of the scar!

—Allegorized by Jonathan Caswell