DINNER PARTY


When the food began to run out
I didn't know what to do.
Dessert was deserting the table
& hot dogs went looking for cool cats.

Chicken drumsticks gathered in the garage
Where they formed a band
With meat loaf & rock melons
As mashed potato danced in the mosh pit.

A gang of Lebanese cucumbers
Was beating up the Turkish delights.
Fried rice played soccer with prawn balls,
With chicken cacciatore as goalkeeper.

BBQ lamb chops sat by the open fire
Playing poker with chips
As cheese sat around the chess board
& felafel rolled dice playing backgammon.

Donna kebab was flirting with sweet corn
In the hallway behind the bookcase
While pies with sauce spied on them
& the chocolate frogs sat  around reading  Harry Potter.

I rang the bell
& my food came  running back into the kitchen,
but I was finding it  very hard to digest
that my dinner was having a party
so I thought what the heck
& just joined right in.


Myron Lysenko

(c)13:14.11.01