The Health-Food Diner

No sprouted wheat and soya shoots
And Brussels in a cake,
Carrot straw and spinach raw,
(Today, I need a steak).

Not thick brown rice and rice pilaw
Or mushrooms creamed on toast,
Turnips mashed and parsnips hashed,
(I'm dreaming of a roast).

Health-food folks around the world
Are thinned by anxious zeal,
They look for help in seafood kelp
(I count on breaded veal).

No smoking signs, raw mustard greens,
Zucchini by the ton,
Uncooked kale and bodies frail
Are sure to make me run

to

Loins of pork and chicken thighs
And standing rib, so prime,
Pork chops brown and fresh ground round
(I crave them all the time).

Irish stews and boiled corned beef
and hot dogs by the scores,
or any place that saves a space
For smoking carnivores.

-- Maya Angelou

12/19/2010 2:11:37 PM

I sat and talked with Maya Angelou at my mom's boss's house when I was about 13 years old.

12/19/2010 2:12:47 PM

12/19/2010 2:14:13 PM

The wind. The rain. The fire.

The Butterfinger.

Did the Caveman know your delicious goodness?
Did the Mayan Priest exhalt in your buttery crunchiness?
Did the slothful Mastodon, upon his extinction, declare,
"Don't lay a finger on my Butterfinger?"

Oh, you finger of butter!
You proud confection!
Sugar brown roasted peanuts,
fructose, glucose, sucrose, lactose,
partially hydrogenated palm kernel oil.
Crispity, crunchity, peanut buttery--

I... give... myself... to... you.

Butterfinger.

Glad mantle of golden chocolaty hope upon my breast.

12/19/2010 3:05:24 PM

Quote :

"Toucan Sam, you leap on the back of the wind, load stone to assorted fruit flavors, Phoenix of the dawns, one smile. We gave you, Toucan Sam, life. You, Toucan Sam, give us loops of fruit. Fruity loops, Fruit Loopies, swimming in the churning, frothy mother sea of milk, Kellogg's appreciates consumer comments, P. O. Box 221, Battle Creek, Michigan, a prism of fruity color, a cornocopia of over forty fruity tastes. The orange, the apple, the grape, the pomegrante, the quince, the kumkwat, the kiwi, the planitain, the guava... "

Quote :

"The Pharaoh, the serpentine Nile, Grecian grottoes marked by eons passing, Pennzoil. The choice of champions. Rick Mears, four-time Indy winner O! Magic shining ewer of liquid ball bearings Battling armies of viscosity and thermal breakdown. Pennzoil! Change oil! Every five thousand miles. Keep out of reach of children. Pennzoil is a registered trademark! Freedom. "

Quote :

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12/19/2010 3:07:47 PM

I, too, listen to NPR

12/19/2010 3:44:45 PM

out of the corner of my eye i read "My favorite porn by Maya Angelou"

12/19/2010 4:51:58 PM

^^

12/22/2010 11:37:14 AM

In this thread, Maya Angelou advocates for restaurants that allow smoking.

[/the soap box]

12/23/2010 4:58:01 PM

indy, the soap box never ends with you

12/23/2010 5:00:18 PM

Beans, beans, the musical fruit.
The more you eat, the more you toot.

-Maya Angelou

12/23/2010 10:06:54 PM

12/23/2010 10:12:24 PM

Quote :

""Toucan Sam, you leap on the back of the wind, load stone to assorted fruit flavors, Phoenix of the dawns, one smile. We gave you, Toucan Sam, life. You, Toucan Sam, give us loops of fruit. Fruity loops, Fruit Loopies, swimming in the churning, frothy mother sea of milk, Kellogg's appreciates consumer comments, P. O. Box 221, Battle Creek, Michigan, a prism of fruity color, a cornocopia of over forty fruity tastes. The orange, the apple, the grape, the pomegrante, the quince, the kumkwat, the kiwi, the planitain, the guava... ""

12/23/2010 10:23:21 PM

lol

1/6/2011 4:12:43 PM