Sometimes Ogden Nash just says it so much better than I ever could. Case in point:<\/p>\n
“Some singers sing of ladies’ eyes,
\nAnd some of ladies lips,
\nRefined ones praise their ladylike ways,
\nAnd coarse ones hymn their hips.
\nThe Oxford Book of English Verse
\nIs lush with lyrics tender;
\nA poet, I guess, is more or less
\nPreoccupied with gender.
\nYet I, though custom call me crude,
\nPrefer to sing in praise of food.
\nFood,
\nYes, food,
\nJust any old kind of food.
\nPheasant is pleasant, of course,
\nAnd terrapin, too, is tasty,
\nLobster I freely endorse,
\nIn pate or patty or pasty.
\nBut there’s nothing the matter with butter,
\nAnd nothing the matter with jam,
\nAnd the warmest greetings I utter
\nTo the ham and the yam and the clam.
\nFor they’re food,
\nAll food,
\nAnd I think very fondly of food.
\nThrough I’m broody at times
\nWhen bothered by rhymes,
\nI brood
\nOn food.
\nSome painters paint the sapphire sea,
\nAnd some the gathering storm.
\nOthers portray young lambs at play,
\nBut most, the female form.
\n\u201cTwas trite in that primeval dawn
\nWhen painting got its start,
\nThat a lady with her garments on
\nIs Life, but is she Art?
\nBy undraped nymphs
\nI am not wooed;
\nI’d rather painters painted food.
\nFood,
\nJust food,
\nJust any old kind of food.
\nGo purloin a sirloin, my pet,
\nIf you’d win a devotion incredible;
\nAnd asparagus tips vinaigrette,
\nOr anything else that is edible.
\nBring salad or sausage or scrapple,
\nA berry or even a beet.
\nBring an oyster, an egg, or an apple,
\nAs long as it’s something to eat.
\nIf it’s food,
\nIt’s food;
\nNever mind what kind of food.
\nWhen I ponder my mind
\nI consistently find
\nIt is glued
\nOn food.”<\/p>\n
P.S. Thank you, leetle brother Philip, for introducing me to this gem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sometimes Ogden Nash just says it so much better than I ever could. Case in point: “Some singers sing of ladies’ eyes, And some of ladies lips, Refined ones praise their ladylike ways, And coarse ones hymn their hips. The Oxford Book of English Verse Is lush with lyrics tender; A poet, I guess, is more or less Preoccupied with gender. Yet I, though custom call me crude, Prefer to sing in praise of food. Food, Yes, food, Just any…<\/p>\n
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