Big Rats In Copenhagen Poem by Jan Oskar Hansen

Big rats in Copenhagen

The biggest supermarket in the world tons of wasted food
rats grew so big they couldn't live in sewers but nestled
in the tall grass or built tunnels.
Something had to be done, rats didn't hesitate to attack
toddlers in a pram; cats stayed at home sleeping
on the sofa, knowing they were no match against this enemy.
In this world of spoilt consumers, a banana had to be bright yellow
not a speck of marks on the fruit, lettuces had to look harvested
an hour ago, and the onion had to look new.
What to do with this new plague?
A bright person suggested giving excess food to the poor
and to the old on low pension.
After some economic indecision, the poor also to buy food
the supermarket relented and gave the wasted food away.
It was successful rats shrunk in size went back to the sewers cats came out.
People didn't realize poverty were the poor as usual
was not seen.