by Paul Burgess
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| Republican bill cuts food aid for elderly, low-income, & disabled Americans and increases funding for their own version of Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program. —Ann Telnaes, May 2 |
Ensure that butter fills the bowls of batter,
And watch the oven while the mixture bakes.
The fattest cat will soon be getting fatter
Once fed these massive overfrosted cakes.
Then, offer up your children's hamster pet,
The cuddly thing with white and brownish fur,
And thank the Lord the fattest cat you've met
Has deigned to eat your food and give a purr.
Now, find a book of ancient magic words
And learn the phrase you'll have your family say
To turn yourselves to tiny, harmless birds
That Mister Fats will swallow as his prey.
And soon you'll be a bone-and-feather lump
Excreted from your idol's noble rump.
And watch the oven while the mixture bakes.
The fattest cat will soon be getting fatter
Once fed these massive overfrosted cakes.
Then, offer up your children's hamster pet,
The cuddly thing with white and brownish fur,
And thank the Lord the fattest cat you've met
Has deigned to eat your food and give a purr.
Now, find a book of ancient magic words
And learn the phrase you'll have your family say
To turn yourselves to tiny, harmless birds
That Mister Fats will swallow as his prey.
And soon you'll be a bone-and-feather lump
Excreted from your idol's noble rump.
Paul Burgess, an emerging poet, is the sole proprietor of a business in Lexington, Kentucky that offers ESL classes in addition to English, Japanese, and Spanish-language translation and interpretation services. He has recently contributed work to Blue Unicorn, Light, The Orchards, The Ekphrastic Review, Pulsebeat, The New Verse News, Lighten Up On Line, The Asses of Parnassus, and several other publications
