You’ve probably heard by now that the World Health Organization has determined processed meats might be more problematic than previously thought. David Fruchter used that as inspiration for this week’s poem.
Live Long and Barbecue
meat will give you cancer
i heard it on the news
when processed, a carcinogen
if sausage you do choose
but you know what else is fatal?
a little thing called life
even when you only eat vegetables free of strife
for every pleasure sacrificed
you live an extra day
the question’s is it worth it
and that’s not for me to say…