I eat all of my dinner for you Every pea and every carrot Dirty gravy clots And all of hat cheap meat My spoon bangs into crust and to plate My place-mat fits my nasty place well You have seen me eat it all up And I hold it all in so well
Seeing your hunger in me, your pupil My indigestion cripples me daily Oblivious to bowel or intestine You only see the mouth Every mealtime is just a lesson The dining room is just your classroom The dinner table is your blackboard And the cheese is chalk
I have no special dietary requirements I will eat meat and I will eat gluten As prescribed By various ancient religious testaments I loudly belch and laugh “ Bring me more fish! I have a hole!” In sailor clothes I jig for you In McDonalds, Burger King and KFC
I buckle with the weight Of what’s on my plate But I’ll find room for afters…