Chicken Fingers

Metaphorical Digestion

Every time we touch

Greasy fingers are all that remain,

Unrecognizable smeared on my pant legs.

You may go down easy

But never stay that way,

Causing discomfort way deep down.

Heartburn will always be the reaction

To all my actions with you,

Yet I am powerless cause I need a taste

Of what I should have never made.

My only saving grace

Is a drink so pink that I can drink

Whenever this digestion needs to be loved.

Reviews

[barleygirl]

Hilarious & such an awesome double meaning! Oh how ridiculous we can be about consuming things that WE KNOW will end up hurting afterwards, be it certain someone's schmoozing or greasy chicken fingers. I've never been one to swig the pink, but I love the imagery of that one. Thought-provoking . . . what pink remedy do we have for the OTHER kind of indigestion (caused by people?) Love your playful sense of reality.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Why thank you so very much... your review has me blushing.

[barleygirl]

I didn't even get my own double entendre until you mentioned it! Now I'm blushing with the pink remedy! *tee! hee!*

[Lyn Anderson]

uggh. Pepto. I lived on the stuff when I was pregnant. Such it goes, some things taste or feel so good we can't resist them, even though we know we will suffer for it. Great write.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Thanks again :))

[Papaya]

Love the comparisons here. We crave what's bad for us very often, even in love. Then when we get burned there's always a bit of soothing of some sort. I prefer red wine. :)

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Thank you very much. Red wine is a fine choice.

[Renée]

In love and food, there are just somethings we need to stay away from.. Boy, you really captured the feeling of indigestion.. now I have a hankering to fry some chicken..

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Fried chicken is worth the indigestion, thank you sis.

[Renée]

I love fried chicken.. I soak mine in buttermilk over night, I also use Olive oil to fry it in...there is no difference! you might try that next time..could make another poem of a different outcome (( ;

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank goodness for Pepto-Bismol...

that sweet pink lady who soothes our stomach wounds.

fun piece, but yes, some of those foods we love just don't agree with us at all.

j.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Well thank you so much good sir.