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Saturday, December 27, 2008

Garlic

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Suggested prompt...
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Write about cooking.
A poem about garlic.
A short story about a chef.
An essay on healthy eating.
Get cooking with your mixture of words.



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Good Clove, Bad Clove

Garlic is a thing quite magic
Though its effects can be quite tragic
It’s really not hard to guess
Why it gets so much bad press
When after some garlicky dinners
People smell of cheap paint thinners.

Chorus

Good clove, bad clove
You’re the one that we love
Use a lot or just a touch
Can there really be too much?

It’s mystical powers clearly will
Address all manner of bodily ills
Against cholesterol, it is a winner
And it makes your blood flow thinner
It helps fight cancer, or so they say,
And even keeps a vampire at bay.

Chorus

It grows, we’re told, where Satan stood
A force for evil or a force for good?
I don’t care, I love the stuff
It’s very hard to get enough.
There’s one thing God should be knowing
If there’s none in Heaven, I ain’t going.

Chorus

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J Cosmo Newbery

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bulbous beauty
milky white silken curves
Pieces unwrapt
Complex scent inviting
Garlic fingers.
Tany greeness basil and orgeano
Memories of childhood cooking.
Memories of first cooking for friends, adult conversation and red wine.
Memories of cooking for children smiling, laughter and love.
Garlic finger memories.

J Cosmo Newbery said...

Good Clove, Bad Clove

Garlic is a thing quite magic
Though its effects can be quite tragic
It’s really not hard to guess
Why it gets so much bad press
When after some garlicky dinners
People smell of cheap paint thinners.

Chorus

Good clove, bad clove
You’re the one that we love
Use a lot or just a touch
Can there really be too much?

It’s mystical powers clearly will
Address all manner of bodily ills
Against cholesterol, it is a winner
And it makes your blood flow thinner
It helps fight cancer, or so they say,
And even keeps a vampire at bay.

Chorus

It grows, we’re told, where Satan stood
A force for evil or a force for good?
I don’t care, I love the stuff
It’s very hard to get enough.
There’s one thing God should be knowing
If there’s none in Heaven, I ain’t going.

Chorus

Laura Jayne said...

A song of Garlic... how wonderful. :)

Unknown said...

anything I can think of writing seems stupid after a song about garlic. bravo!

J Cosmo Newbery said...

Cynthia: You should perhaps look a a post a friend did this morning here