I have something to say—
And it’s only a little thing
But in the face of French cuisine,
corn on the cob, and toffee
And for ghee and for toast
I say: fuck you, margarine.
Why are you 99¢ a pound
while butter is $5?
Published in the March 2015 issue of Icarus Down Review. Republished in Heat the Grease, We’re Frying up Some Poetry, Gnashing Teeth Publishing, 2019.
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