Monday, June 12, 2006

*This poem was published in "Tales from the City" in The Boston Globe Magazine Section.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

This is a poem about a sign I saw outside Savenor's gourmet food shop in Cambridge. It also deals with a favored Chinese joint of mine.

WILD BOARS AT SAVENOR'S

Imagine . . .what a place for Wild Boars.
Pressed into a tamed tenderloin
for the most cultivated and savage Cambridge tongue.
And forgive me - If I slip away to the Hong Kong
and gorge on an unapologetically
greasy eggfoo yong.

DOUG HOLDER /// Somerville

© Copyright 2006 Globe Newspaper Company.

No comments:

Post a Comment