Beware the side-effects of political correctness...


Fake Food

John doesn't eat fruit from South Africa,
Or pink salmon from the United States,
Chilean wine has never passed his trachea,
And Russian caviar never blackened his plates.

John refuses to chew Chinese lychees,
And boycotts the honey of New Zealand bees,
John digests only the food of newspeak:
John died of starvation last week.




Poetry by Christopher Fernie The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2017-09-05 at 11:24

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Kathy Lockhart
Oh, you made me laugh! many thanks. :)
2017-09-05



Good one. Enjoyed.
2017-09-05



poor John. He got it all backwards. Newspeak is all around us these days. Great poem, using humor to fight back social issues.
Ashe
2017-09-05