JABBERWOCKY
A Translation:
(THE FOOD PROCESSOR)
By
Kenyon Ledford

It was brilliant, and the anchovies did slip and slide in the slender hand
Thin, yet quick, like the old stories of the pizza men from Italian sand

“Beware the food processor, son! The blades that break, the teeth that catch!
And beware the angry cook, and run, if he is missing his nicotine patch.”

He took his crust cutter in hand to cut the pizza I had bought
But distracted by pinball machines he paid a coin and took a shot

And as like Tommy, there he stood, the food processor sparked to flame
came flying through the doors of wood, blades screaming, as it came

One two! One two! And through and through the pizza man went snicker snack
The game, it tilted. He took the broken blades and pissed off went into the back

“You've blown up the food processor! That'll come out of your pay,”
He told the prep boy, who quiet stood and didn't talk
But stole a glance up, at the clock

It was brilliant, and the anchovies did slip and slide in the slender hand
The prep boy was quiet yet from the silent glare of the pizza man