Wednesday, September 08, 2021

Fried

Chicken, mushrooms, green tomatoes,

Ice cream, mozzarella sticks.

Deep fried, refried, home fried

With pride. Momma! Cook it quick.

Fried zucchini, fried potatoes,

Pork chops in a pan.

Shortening, lard or olive oil,

I’m your biggest fan.

So, my blood gets sticky platelets.

I’ll just take a pill;

Eat a drumstick or a wing

Until I have my fill.

Grandma cooked with love and lard;

Lived to ninety-two.

Cholesterol and hypertension?

Words she never knew.

Okay. So, they did a study.

And my doctor says, “Take care.

Live in moderation and

Make yourself aware.”

Still, I have suspicions, thinking

Someone must have lied.

God’s cruel joke to make it bad

Just because it’s fried.

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