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Balladeer
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0 posted 1999-07-01 05:03 PM


The banquet started years ago
And everybody able
Brought a special covered dish
To set upon the table....

The appetizers all came first...
Swedish meatballs on a stick,
Vienna sausage, nice and plump,
Wrapped in bacon on toothpicks.

Then the salads, fresh and moist,
Really were a blessing.
Islandic lettuce covered with
French or Russian dressing.

Polish sausage was displayed.
Danish hens were, too,
And don't forget the Swiss cheese steak
Or pot of Irish stew.

Morrocan chicken on a bed
Of Mexican fried rice,
German sauerkraut on the side
Made it VERY nice.

Columbia coffee there to sip.
The English tea was ,too.
The Spanish wine was SO devine
And Scotch was there for you.

French pastries came out for dessert
And, for those so inclined,
A humidor of fine cigars
From Cuba, one could find.

It is the greatest banquet
That the world will ever see.
The table is America
And everything is free!


© Copyright 1999 Michael Mack - All Rights Reserved
Genea
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1 posted 1999-07-01 05:16 PM


AMEN
Lost Dreamer
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2 posted 1999-07-01 06:17 PM


excellent! First I was getting hungry, and then I felt proud. Awesome!
Emmy
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3 posted 1999-07-01 06:27 PM


Wonderfully satisfying to my metaphorical hunger! Congratulations on another well-done work of poetry! Though I am still new to "Passions In Poetry", I have come to really enjoy your writing, and I look forward to the time when I can read another one of your masterpieces.
Nan
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4 posted 1999-07-01 06:51 PM


A veritable Smorgasbord...... indeed

Sally S.
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5 posted 1999-07-01 06:56 PM


Another shining example of your brilliant talent.


doreen peri
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6 posted 1999-07-01 09:10 PM


Nothing like a melting pot full of stew and a tossed salad on the side. Good going!
Poet deVine
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7 posted 1999-07-01 09:12 PM


Wonderful poem, sir! Sometimes we forget the common every day things like having enough food to eat is another symbol of our freedom.

(could I please have some cornbread and chili?)

Sunshine
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8 posted 1999-07-01 09:16 PM


That just about Covers it, balladeer, along with the red and white checked tablecloth under a sky so blue!

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Sunshine

Words will always express our feelings true


sheba57
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9 posted 1999-07-02 02:12 AM


how absolutely wonderful! i was about half way through when i saw what you were doing with this. very, very good!
jfreak
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10 posted 1999-07-02 04:00 AM


Hey Emmy, we all have come to love Ballad's writings. He is truly the cream of the crop. He rises to the top. blazsay..blazsay....so we jump around, jump around, we jump up, jump up, and get down. (Hey don't worry about me, i will be taking my medication soon) Great poem Ballad,

Jfreak

Poet deVine
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11 posted 1999-07-02 07:06 AM


Putting you as the appetizer again...to the top!



Balladeer
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13 posted 1999-07-02 08:58 PM


My heartfelt thanks for all your fine comments. Eat, drink and be merry!
ac
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14 posted 1999-07-02 11:02 PM


Excellent!
Nan
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15 posted 1999-07-04 03:20 PM


Let's hear it one more time
For Independence Day


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