Mental breakdown instigated by bad plumsA Poem by William Arthurfood based rant.Mental breakdown instigated
by bad plums
I buy reduced plums in
Tesco. They are flavourless and
sour, not even ripe, despite being out of date.
I look at the label: Sweet, Tangy and Juicy. Bollocks.
I flip it over: Country of origin: South
Africa. No frickin’ wonder! Pumped with more steroids
than Hulk Hogan, or hormones, or whatever?! Fruit that rots before it
ripens, with a carbon footprint
like a yeti! Yetis have big feet
right?
I think of the slave wage
migratory workers who probably picked these
plums and feel like a dick, like that time I bought
blueberries from Israel.
Buying fruit out of
season sucks arse, the same way investment banking and Trinny & Susannah
suck arse. Why would you fly fruit
half way round the world anyway? This is not James and the Giant f*****g Peach! At least his fruit was
delicious and everyone got a share, although I will admit he
exploited those seagulls.
Why can’t we all just
live in giant peach stones? I wish I was living in a
giant peach stone. © 2015 William Arthur |
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Added on February 2, 2015 Last Updated on February 2, 2015 Tags: food, james and the giant peach, plums, Isreal, hormones, worker exploitation AuthorWilliam ArthurSheffield, South Yorkshire, United KingdomAboutI am doing an MA in Creative Writing at The University of Sheffield (as f*****g self indulgent as that is) under the tutelage of Simon Armitage. I am mainly a poet but also write short prose. My favou.. more..Writing
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