Saturday, December 27, 2014

Tickling Tastebuds

I chose this meme because it mentioned
poison, and tasting, and didn't have
any misspellings or punctuation errors...
quite unusual in that respect.
Breathe before you bite into
that loaf that looks like something
on your diet, fragrance pulls you in,
ingredients are mixed so skillfully
and served up on a china plate.

Wait.

Consider where the dish
was made, and who the chef is,
what the reasoning may be for
offering that very morsel,
then ignore the bait. For
poison's there, disguised to
tickle palates, but the chef's
intention wasn't ever to delight.
Bitterness, dissension,
anger, hatred, pitting Us
against a Them, collective
bellyaches for which there
is no meme that remedies.




(c) Ellen Gillette, 2014

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