[New-Poetry] Cheeseburger Sonnet

[Anny Ballardini]

opps, and a sonnet

On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 8:16 PM, Anny Ballardini
<anny.ballardini at gmail.com>wrote:

> What for a Title!
>
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Halvard Johnson <halvard at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Cheeseburger Sonnet
>>
>> Subtle gradations in flavoring as one moves from layer
>> to layer. First, white bread sprinkled with sesame seeds,
>> coated on the underside with (your choice) catsup,
>> mayo, or mustard. I'd opt for mustard nowadays, all
>> other things being equal. And then some relish or (my
>> call) sweet pickle slices and a square of white cheddar.
>>
>> In the center, a patty of hamburger meat--on the lean
>> side, if you please, and, let's say, medium rare--pinkish.
>>
>> The bottom layer is, as always, disappointing--just
>> the other half of the bun that the top layer of the burger
>> was the upper half of. *Sans* sesame seeds and tasty
>> slatherings of mustard, ketchup, whatever. And yet, it's
>> the base upon which all the rest is built. Without it,
>> a burger's just another slab of meat with bread on top.
>>
>>
>> Hal
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