Sunday, March 7, 2010

Fettuccine: 3-3-10

Fettuccine 3-3-10

Not spaghetti, nor linguine
sitting burring on a pantry shelf.
Expiration is just a year away.
What are the chances of seeing that blessed day?

To be thrown out, unopened and uneaten-
Is that that a better fate
than being boiled, covered in alfredo,
mixed with chicken and served on a plate?

Surviving death by fork,
teeth, enzymes, and stomach acids,
just to be dumped in smelly,
cold, dirty, sea-gull infested landfill?

Which is the better way to die?
Buried on a pantry shelf, cramped,
lonely, forgotten, impatient,
waiting for the judgment day.

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