“20 RIBEYES for 40 BUCKS …”

"20 RIBEYES for 40 BUCKS!"
screeched the meat monger
from the back of his truck

GERMAN SHIPPERS
hip hop slippers
place your kippers
in the basket
flippers will lose
their shoes
and nothing remains

Insane ARAB PRIESTS
MAGICIANS and SPRITES
fall by the side
in the night
no one saw them
say goodbye
on their way
to the weekly fry
don't look
at the tattoo
on the steak

NAVAL goo-stew
the home brew
for the TROOPS
for the scoops
and we can 
RAISE THE FLAG
it's a gag
as marines eat
flea soup
in the heat

Don't look for
the tattoo
it's there
barely in sight
what a FRIGHT
it shall be
when NEIGHBOR TOM
stops BY
with hungry kids
and wife crying
and baby dying
of hunger and thirst
they'll see
your tattoo
and they won't care
they'll just bear it
and eat

twenty ribeye steaks
for the makings
and potato pie
with peas and carrots
and a salad
in the rear view
mirror ...

Don't look
for the tattoo
on the steak