9.21.2005

Choosing Sushi




the question here is

a piece at a time

or a whole ROLL-A-RAMA?


and how do you pick

when you don't know the language?

you may order MILKTOAST

if you don't know the name.

and how do you learn

to avoid the sea urchin,

the slimey, bad-textured, inedible kind?


MEN are like sushi,

they all look so pretty,

but how do you tell

if they're fresh or GONE BAD?

some are quite raw

and some cooked to excess,

and some are leftovers

that someone else had!


do you sit at a bar

or get served at a table?

can you eat with your fingers,

or is it SAFER with sticks?

futomaki or yellowtail,

tuna or mackerel,

it all smells the same,

and it all HOOKS like fish!