Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Naming of food

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To-day we have naming of food. Yesterday,
 we had playtime. And to-morrow morning,
we shall have detention after what we had done. But to-day,
To-day we have naming of food.
The lunch lady is stacking our weapons very neatly
And to-day we have naming of food.

These are your meatballs. And this
Is your sauce, whose use you will see,
When you are given your spaghetti. And this is the Jell-O,
Which in your case you have not got. The onion can literally tear
Your opponent apart, raising his white flag,
Which in our case we have not got.

This is the milk carton, which is always opened
With a flick of a straw. And I don’t want to see
Anyone using a plastic knife. You can do it quite easy
If you place your reliance on the straw. Use the liquid
When closest to your target, never letting anyone see
Any of you using a plastic knife.

And this you can see is the tray. The purpose of this
Is to stack all of your chosen weapons, as you see. You can throw them
Rapidly backwards and forwards hitting your enemies: I call this
Food fighting. And rapidly backwards and forwards
Goes the angry parents picking up their child with a detention slip in one hand,
I call this food fighting.

I call it food fighting: it is perfectly easy
If you place your reliance on your weapons: like the straw,
And the tray, and the greasiest foods, and the banana peel,
Which in your case you have not got, and the lunch lady
Spinning her head backwards and forwards in despair,

For to-day we have naming of food

3 comments:

  1. Very good fun to parody Reed in the context of a food fight. The general problem with parodies tend to be that the two voices become a bit harder to distinguish from one another, and that is also the case here.
    Formally you did a good job ensuring recognition of the original by recycling specific Reed phrases, and using his characteristic structure of the four stanzas, and the fifth being a recap in reverse. Well done.

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  2. Haha, great parody! I liked the parody of the poem in the sense of a food fight in kindergarten! It is easy to see that the similarities between the original poem and yours. Great work!

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  3. This is good, haha. I like your choice of war! I also like the fact that you refer to the food as a weapon. Good job, and the Reed structure is still really recognisable! :)

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