Consistency is our delight.Don’t make us try exotic flavors.
We want it plain; we want it white.
We think that blend-ins are a blight.
Your nuts or fudge do us no favors.
Consistency is our delight.
Our preferences are watertight.
Our love of sameness never wavers.
We want it plain; we want it white.
We shun sensations that excite
odd leanings or untoward behaviors.
Consistency is our delight.
We’re not repentant or contrite.
Change isn’t what the public savors.
We want it plain; we want it white.
Enough! We have no appetite
for new ideas or dusky saviors.
Consistency is our delight.
We want it plain; we want it white.
Susan McLean is an English professor at Southwest Minnesota State University. Her satirical poems have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Light, Lighten Up Online, and The Spectator (UK).