Thoughts & Observations at the Food Court
Poem (audio)
Repost. Originally from 2023.
Thoughts & Observations at the Food Court
I'm feeling pizza
and so jealous that Shaggy looking dude
sitting left from me
can scarf down three slices
without even thinking of the consequences!
Hmmm… I'm feeling pasta
and sympathetic for that young girl
sitting right from me
struggling to feed her baby
without a flinch of help from the baby daddy.
Ya know, I'm kinda craving Chinese
and wondering if
all the food court furniture
and plastic ware
is made in China.
Well, now I'm feeling Japanese food—
but it’ll be too weird and lonely
eating rolls of sushi
all by myself
I want company.
Actually… I’m feeling ice cream now
and also I feel the chill of the couple
across from me
whose silence is louder
than the boy screaming for a chocolate cone.
No… I'm feeling Mexican food now
and whether it's right that
all the food court clean-up crew
here is indeed
Mexican or Hispanic or Latino.
I’m absolutely teed off
that the crew has to pick up
food wasted by lazy folks
who don't put their trash
in the waste bins.
Hmmm... I’m really feeling something fried now.
Yeah, fries and a burger or chicken fingers.
Good ol’ American grub— or maybe I’ll just settle
on the global buffet and get a little this and that.
I just can’t stick to one cuisine!
Truth of the matter is I need something healthy
to eat, but realize there is nothing
that can be deemed truly healthy
at a mall food court—
I mean, nothing!
Leave a tip for Marinarena
Exactly!