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November 13, 2009, 08:00 PM ET
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In italics, placed at the end
Of the Indian Palace Royal Café
(Take-out available) menu's end,
Is the kicker,
("All Goat Entrees Served ‘Bone In'!").
Did the menu's writer
Wish to speak heartily about goat
Or to demand respect
For its proper preparation?
Italics are at once modest and proud
Concerning their difference.
The swirl and curve of letters
Announce details which
For some restaurant patrons
(including
the husband from New Jersey
whose raw expression at
the word "goat"
turns eating in
or out
into self-sacrifice)
Will come as a surprise,
An inkblot test, for those
Unprepared for goat, for bone,
For the unexpected entrees on
The menu handed to most unsuspecting
Of those at the table of life's great feast.
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1. bookgirl - November 22, 2009 at 08:44 pm
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