SAUCE SRIRACHA
Sriracha is a Thai hot chili sauce
That’s hard to predict if for you it will be the condiment which really tops them all.
So all I can say to you is what my mother said to me:
Que sriracha sriracha whatever will be will be
The future’s not ours to see
Que sriracha sriracha.
SCALLION PANCAKES
Preparing them is as easy as can be.
All you need is flour, salt, water, and minced scallion.
With very little muscle power you roll them out round and fairly thin,
but if you’re messy like me with flour everywhere from the floor, counter, and rolling pin
to all over my person,
to clean up after making them takes a scrubbing, sweeping, and mopping battalion-
so in the future for my sanity, hair’s, and jean’s sake I’ll forsake making those pancakes.
WHEN THE SAINTS KEEP MARCHING ON AND ON...
From early morning to late in the evening
With church bells clanging and clanging…
With sky rockets blasting and blasting…
With brass bands blaring and blaring…
Everyday in our small Mexican pueblo seems like a perpetual Saints Day
With noisy procession after procession…
Making me pray for a strong street clearing tropical depression.
SOFTENER?
When my wife is away I kind-of-sort-of do the laundry,
Even though I’ve been repeatedly asked then told not to.
I must admit hers comes out way whiter or brighter,
Way cleaner, softer, straighter, and drier.
That’s why both she and I couldn’t be happier
She’s not a frequent flier.
TABOULEH
Mostly parsley with olive oil some tomatoes, cucumber, and bulgur wheat
If you’re an extreme carnivore tabouleh on your dining room table would be taboo
and if it somehow made it way there would get a resounding boo.
THE PERSIMMON
A fruit with a bland personality
In my opinion
If you ate only persimmon
You’d certainly be a slim one
Full of mineral and vitamin
but as a diet for a homo sapien
it would be boring and a grim one.
RABBIT FOOD
Sure it’s low in calorie
But it’s dirty, stalky, and stringy.
You may say I’m picking on celery
As I don’t like it even a little bit,
Thus it’s a good thing we have a not so picky rabbit.
LENTILS
Unlike bruise easy basil,
What I like about lentils
is that you don’t have to handle them gentles.
[b]OH NO TO A LIMA BEAN
Oh no little lima bean
Forever you shall remain unseen
For anything that’s related to succotash
Will be banished to the trash.
A VEGAN'S REPLY
Ovine or bovine?
I’d rather mine comes from the vine.