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FOOD CULTURE

Next to the food bank

a tiny table had been laid outside,

with fine linen, silver cutlery

best china, napkin keenly folded,

a resolute chair of some repute. 

 

The town awaited with baited breath

a celebrity who was due to dine,

to be waited on there.

 

Soon a butler arrived,

the ceremony commenced. 

lavish dishes from a special vehicle

a team of news guys in attendance. 

 Meanwhile a queue formed at the foodbank

but was moved on

not destined to spoil the shot. 

 

The diner, hottest property from Essex

without benefit of grammar

made a show of scooping up the food

soiling the cloth,

farted and belched but nobody seemed to care.

 

I was eventually moved on

from enjoying the groomed externals,

to take my place with the herd,

the proper place for those

with lives uncelebrated and rather absurd. 

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FUNCTION ROOM ►

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raypool

Mon 8th Oct 2018 22:22

Thanks Big Sal for once again favouring my efforts. I just wanted to highlight the ludicrous insensitivity of the gratuitous reality show format and so unreal it can be.


You've got it Jon thanks.


I think you point out a collaboration of sorts in the coincidence you mention Taylor, a scandal really. The same careful plotting and preparation happens for royal visits of course and all seems well(which people expect of course). Thanks.


David, you continually surprise me in a nice way. A touch of Milligan in that story of the warship. Yes, the message here is fairly clear, Dortmund is a sober reminder too!


Graham, I do pity those who would rise so quickly from obscurity with no qualifications to do so - but I can't say I'm not a little bitter about it, seeing as I spent a life in show business so called. Thanks for the observation!


Nice one Martin. I questioned that phrase and how it would be received, so I'm glad it struck a chord. I don't think it's been used anywhere up til now! Cheers.


Isn't it a strange confusing world Hannah - i'm not saying this would happen, but it makes us think. Be always aware, I say!


Des, Anya and Becky, thank you all for the support.
Ray x

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Mon 8th Oct 2018 14:46

The contrast between the two worlds, existing side by side, the people at the food bank moved on.
Brilliant piece Ray.

Hannah

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Martin Elder

Sun 7th Oct 2018 23:03

I just love the words groomed externals what a beautiful turn of phrase.
Nice one Ray

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Graham Sherwood

Sun 7th Oct 2018 15:39

Just pity those who crave the world of celebrity. There is no quality or class in it.

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Jon Stainsby

Sat 6th Oct 2018 21:49

Taylor, that is a great example of the hypocrisy of society.

It is repugnant that these things happen.

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Taylor Crowshaw

Sat 6th Oct 2018 21:41

Isn't it bizarre.. I live in Ireland and recently the Pope visited...the streets were cleansed of all debris.. and all the homeless, who's numbers are increasing weekly. After all we would not want to upset his sensibilities..the hypocrisy is startling.
Great piece of work Ray..?

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Jon Stainsby

Sat 6th Oct 2018 21:37

Society is messed up! Food banks and the famous!

Big Sal

Sat 6th Oct 2018 20:56

Crazy how any single entity (food, cars, music, plants, etc.) can take its experts and knowledgeable dabblers to a different world entirely. Every job like that seems idyllic until the workplace drama/clashes begin. Whether taken literally or metaphorically, the ephemerality and ingenuity of your work always makes short work of the assumption that just because it's short, means that it is not good.

Well done Ray.
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