Food Fright

[Pendragon]

To smash the other food industries...

Food Fright

What do they put in the food that they sell,
That makes it safe for human consumption?
This tin of canned meat has a suspicious coating of jell,
As if left out until spoiled. I’ve a strong notion
To gag as I look at this crumbling cheese—
Sweet Lord, the stuff looks as though it were rotten!
Whew! And its scent floating by on the breeze—
Tells me that this “delicacy” best be forgotten!
Don’t read the ingredients on hot dogs, dear friend,
Nor on anything made from ground meat—
For if you find out the kinds of things they will put in
You will never desire anything else to eat…
And do not think yourself safe because you are a vegan—
Things like hair and mousie poo and other things get in…

Pendragon
© 3/30/08

[TheFifthElement]

:lol: great Pen :) especially



Things like hair and mousie poo and other things get in…


so true, so true. My sister used to work at the peanut butter factory and the stories she could tell would put you off food for life.

[PrinceMyshkin]

Looks like a bad day for junk food fanciers!

[antiprefix]

Well written. Also, I can relate because I used to be extremely conscious of ingredients in food.

[motherhubbard]

One of my mother’s cousins was in from California visiting- maybe it was a funeral, I don’t know. She brought some figs from a processing company she worked for and offered them. Then after we had all put some in our mouths she REMEMBERED and asked “Oh! Did you check those?” Apparently they were inclined to have maggots in the middle. You know, that was my last fig!

[Sarasvati21]

Eewww. Especially so because it is much too true.

Well done. :)