Bite-Sized Life

Chop Suey Poems


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The Orangutan Guzzled Three Cans
of Schlitz and Ate Chicken Stuffed
with Duck Foie Gras at An Outdoor Cafe



The weather has grown colder than ever,

men in loose fitting clothing look

for exotic meats in beat-up baskets.

Ten directions is no problem for the orangutan.

He picks mango out of his salad

like a French maid, tosses the seeds

at the men who search for exotic meats

in beat-up baskets.



                                                                        Priscilla Lee