I seek out the protein and pile my plate;
Chicken, roast beef, turkey, fork and sharp knife;
Ladle on gravy, tender like a wife.
I feel I’ve found my match, my true soulmate;
Such a beautiful spread; this must be fate.
After fighting hard to make it through life,
I know that this marks the end of my strife;
Now there is no hunger I cannot sate.
But one scent strikes me and hits like a tank;
If only my nose could shut like a clam.
I know there is only one dish to thank;
It makes festive tables seem like a sham.
An off-putting smell, a taste just a rank;
Pink and putrid, wholly horrible: ham.
I seek out the protein and pile my plate;
Chicken, roast beef, turkey, fork and sharp knife;
Ladle on gravy, tender like a wife.
I feel I’ve found my match, my true soulmate;
Such a beautiful spread; this must be fate.
After fighting hard to make it through life,
I know that this marks the end of my strife;
Now there is no hunger I cannot sate.
But one scent strikes me and hits like a tank;
If only my nose could shut like a clam.
I know there is only one dish to thank;
It makes festive tables seem like a sham.
An off-putting smell, a taste just a rank;
Pink and putrid, wholly horrible: ham.