Poetry Reading...

Everybody Eats…

30 people, one kitchen, It’s tricky indeed

Many peculiar palettes that we venture to feed.

Hungry and tired one by one they arrive

Waking up in the hours of sixes and five

So Ladies and Gentlemen please take your seats

While I seek to tell you how Everybody Eats…

Carving out bagels is one popular way

That many Watershed folks will start their day.

Each morning they peruse our cereal collection

And are hopefully pleased with our endless selection.

Eggs in her oatmeal is the fancy of one

While others wait for their toast to be done.

Bowls dripping in salsa, egg whites and grilled meats,

Dirty dishes reveal how Everybody Eats!

I too have been caught with my bananas and cheese

And others enjoy counting their calories.

Organic, soy, low carb, and fat free

These healthy requests I often see.

Yogurt and almonds, OJ and Mini-Wheats

Each is an evidence that Everybody Eats!

Mixt Greens, Tlaloc and San Francisco Soups

Are a few of the ways that we feed our troops.

But upon delivery watch out for stampedes

They flock to the kitchen like young racing steeds.

Larb salad, fig pizza, teboulah and more,

Strange flavors and smells we often endure.

Communal pad Thai, curly fries, even beets,

My oh my how Everybody Eats!

One orders the Grande Burritos surprise

And leftovers excite all the scavengers eyes.

York Patties and popsicles must never run out

Or I’m sure to hear some fuss and pout.

Strawberry tops and egg shells are evidence indeed

That our disposal and compost are in great need.

Some like plain spinach while others sneak treats

Evidence still that Everybody Eats.

An afternoon bowl of Special K

Is a popular way to get through the day.

Fruit snacks, Granola Bars and bowls of blue chips,

Eating anything to distract from low market dips.

Crunchy or Creamy, Bonbell or String cheese,

So many tastes are impossible to please.

Redbull, Diet Coke and last but not least

These drinks are all fuel to this Watershed beast

So please don’t forget the Coffee from Pete’s

That awakens the place where Everybody Eats!

(We were asked to write a poem for our work offsite where dinner was followed by our oh so entertaining poetry reading)