Phantasmagoria

PHANTASMAGORIA If you don't like where you are..take a trip in your mind Look in your brain's dark corners and see what you find There are places a groaning board tempts with an epicurean delight But the populace heads for the worst comestibles in sight When choosing Burma or Myanmar as it's now called Or Manila where kittens are drinking sewage in a yard Who knows? they might think kittens are viands too But if this gastronomic delight does not appeal to you Try a whole pig on a spit, cleaved open to reveal Viscera and liver, cooked and ready to peel You could try a lunch of grilled belly lining If not, its pigs' snouts and tongues for fine dining Egg on your face takes on a whole new meaning When it's smeared on a face --slimy and gleaming* Don't forget the venues where entrails drip over a fire Or octopus tentacles tasting like a rubber tire Remember...wandering is possible but not leaving your niche Thinking how the other half lives might cure a travel itch So start up the mind's motor and go anywhere you wish Without having to eat even one revolting dish *A sunblock