Last Week's Oranges

By Ewan
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Roll up, roll up, buy the latest foodie fad!
Blueberries, walnuts, Omega five!
This is the stuff that keeps you alive!
Vitamins, supplements, protein in shakes,
they’ll keep us alive, whatever it takes!
Short-cut slimming, bulking-up boosts,
only eat the chickens coming home to roost.
Read all the info-mercials, scrolling on your phone
Hu-man cannot live by bread alone.
We do all this to fool ourselves
we won’t be last week’s oranges
rotting on the shelves.
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Ah yes...foodie fads. Don't
Ah yes...foodie fads. Don't really do 'em meself. Did you read that piece in the Sunday Times about Helga Sands? 87-yr-old spending a King's ransom trying to live forever. Rejuvenation cocktail in Panama for £300,000 coming up.
Enjoyed the poem, of course. Rhythm and intent. Nicely done, Ewan.
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Oranges are not the only
Oranges are not the only fruit. Some are clockwork. Al Stewart (strange coincidence, only just talking about him to Turlough the other day).
That's all I can think of.
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So not the Al Stewart album
So not the Al Stewart album Orange then ? Maybe you're all too young ![]()
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Ewan turns wellness guru for
Ewan turns wellness guru for this Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can
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Yeah, hang ups about food
Yeah, hang ups about food drive me up the wall. Too many people have devoted themselves to an ultrastrict diet and then dropped dead fully diseased by something and then there the ones who have whiskey and a smoke for breakfast and live . . . live live live. I enjoy alcohol and a smoke. I also exercise every morning and evening. I still fit in my original Class A - this is the equivalent of a woman still fitting in her prom dress or wedding dress.
V/V/R
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