Ode to Bacon
How you lend
yourself
to others,
enhancing even
the sweetest fig
in your embrace
over coals,
or consider
your rendered
self, how it
deepens flavor
with piggish
essence, coating
or absorbed,
blended or
sopped. O belly
of delight, o wonder
of tongues,
how could I not
love you
and your infinite
charms, even
when you resist
my efforts and
shoot sizzling bits
of yourself
onto my naked
hands? I pay
this toll
gladly,
today and
next year
and all those
days to follow,
till the last piece
is swallowed
and our sun
goes dark.
Hyperbole
becomes you,
smoked beauty,
salted love,
and I shall never
put you down
or leave you
behind
on a plate
to be discarded
or forgotten,
unloved.
“Ode to Bacon” first appeared here in July 2017, thanks to T.S. Wright’s challenge.
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Do I hear bacon sizzling in the background? Nice touch, Robert! Very nice!
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Of course! What better way to celebrate this wonderful food!
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Haha! Yes!
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Oh, YES! Wonderful sound effects, and also well read. Bacon indeed worthy of hyperbole.
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Bacon’s my favorite vegetable!
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I don’t eat it, but wonderful poem and great sound effects! 🙂
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Thanks, Merril. I had fun with this one!
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For Valentine’s Day I’ve ordered a special small batch bacon to give Studly Doright. I’ll read him your poem as well. He’s ridiculously difficult to buy for, but he really likes bacon.
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Ah, the perfect gift!
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As long as I am not expected to cook it!
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Apologizing for crass commercialism, but “Ode to Bacon” should be adopted by some small batch bacon provider.
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I definitely agree!
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I like that idea!
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You made me hungry – I too loved the sound of bacon sizzling in the background!
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If we could only capture the smell!
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Love the bacon shape of this poem. And yes, I’m with you, but not every day, LOL.
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I ate bacon for breakfast, and was thinking that it wouldn’t be bad for lunch… But I’ll resist. I think.
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Sizzled to perfection Bob.
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There’s nothing like sizzling bacon to whet the appetite!
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Despite being a vegetarian, I do agree. 😉
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It is a wondrous sound!
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Very exquisite poem. It’s like poetry ASMR but better. XD
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Thank you. I never would have thought of ASMR in the context of the poem, but I think you’re right! 🙂
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No problem! Hahahah 😂 I also like how you are recording your poems now. It’s nice to read along ^^
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Yum. A fun and delish ode! I ❤️ 🥓
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Thanks, Kelly! Bacon inspires me. Ha!
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You do know they have a bacon seasoning now? You can put it on everything! 🙂
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Ha! That’s all I need!
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lol
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I must confess that I’ve made a rather tasty chocolate-bacon fudge, and my bacon jam is mouth-watering!
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LOL oh my!! Salty/Sweet combo is probably amazing! Now you’ve got my mouth watering. 🙂
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My work is done! 🙂
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🙂 lol
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Am a non-meat eater of two years but still enjoyed this and remember the temptation of bacon! The smell alone…Thanks for sharing! I am a Creative Life Coach and have a poetry blog in case you have time to read? http://www.peacockpoetryblog.wordpress.com and I am also on Instagram as #coachingcreatively, let’s follow each other if you use this medium? Have a good day? Sam 🙂
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Thnaks very much, Sam. I’ll be sure to visit your blog.
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