The Adventure

I said something last week about ‘new adventures’ and ‘challenges’. Here’s the tale of something I tried, and will probably never do again …

THE ADVENTURE

I had an oyster burger
once         ordered it
with a sense of risk

I took a mouthful                                             
chewed thoughtfully
swallowed
stared hard
at the bite-marks

wondered about
my mental balance
took another bite
a lot harder
to gulp down

the burger
became a matter
of indigestion
and burp

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