Poet's Corner

In the interest of getting an NEA grant, Expecting Rain will now be devoting a little time every week to the arts. Enjoy!

"Value Meal #2"

Sweet Arby's drive-thru, if you please,
Let’s order up roast beef and cheese,
A dread intestinal disease
On the side!

Did low-blood sugar blur my mind?
I knew fast-food could be unkind.
This time I thought I wouldn’t mind
Something fried!

Roast beef and cheddar, once so good,
Bright years in early childhood,
The crap I ate back when I stood
Four feet high!

The rosy-fingered smile of dawn,
The toilet stall where I’ve withdrawn,
Been here all night, now night is gone.
Why, God, why!?