JUNIOR - SENIOR PROM
An all you can eat parade
people and food promenade
between kitchen, table and buffet
bring your partner; choose a tray
enjoy the grand march display.
Juniors First
Culinary convenience for
super-sized bargain seekers.
lots of time in the lines,
eating done in double time
Kids beat a path
to the desserts and back
Man, wide as an aisle, side to side and front to back
Wearing jeans, boots, and a “Texas” tee, black
clears the way; his buddy: a beer gut strut.
Rumpled gent, scraggly mane
suspenders sag ‘mid looping chain
unable to contain wrinkled shirt
or keep his pants from sweeping dirt.
Woman with waddled sway
Gently rocks a tee-shirted titty tent
Cantilevered over tray
Another steadies
her partner’s unseen feet
plodding, in a guided stagger
O’er stomach out, head back, straight
Their diet:
don’t get old
lose weight one body at a time.
Seniors Last
Retirees’ noon hour
running on,
seniors gather
dressed to the nines
complete with a smile
out on the town
for the day’s big meal
Slimmer, survivors
jackets, vests, seasonal sweaters,
Permed hair, caps from aircraft carriers
Tech-accessorized with walkers, oxygen
and wheel chairs
They limp, lurching to the lines, hunched,
pausing, twisting, humped and caned
plenty of time for chatting games.
A curled body, hawk-nosed, caped in copper
rocking in an eagle walk, side to side,
peers down on her steam tray
prix-fixe prey
Experienced eaters
(Soup bowls carry more dessert)
spend less time in the lines
Find their fun between tables in
Booze free schmoozing time
“Boo.”
“Oh, you scared me to death.”
“How’s our timing? Been here long?”
“Haven’t had to go see my doctor in a long time.”
“I used to trade combines every year.”
“What’d you get for your old one?
Especially good for the widowed male
Their diet: don’t get fat; lose weight a pound at a time
Dennis R. Keefe
June 18, 2007
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