No More Breakfast Poem by Catman Cohen

I gave up breakfast
Not because I needed
To lose girth
Nor any extra
Avoirdupois

Nor because the time wasted
In feeding
Could have been better
Used
To solve the problems of the
Universe

Not because the eggs
Are high cholesterol
And the chicken sausage
Created from
Hapless victims in their
Sharp metal cages
Who never knew a
Better life

I gave up breakfast
Not because
I hold any grudge
Against sunny beaming faces
Babbling cheery “g’morning”
In the dark demented winter of
An empire in decline

Nor because
The aroma of fresh cooked
Pancakes
Serves up wistful memories of
Childhood innocence
Raped by the scam of
Maturity
And insatiable adult
Demands

Not because the grapefruit
Citric acid
Contributes to gout
That precipitates
Kidney stones
And leaves a grown man
Crying in a simulacrum of
Childbirth pain

Not because
Nor because
No
No
No......

No more need for morning meals
When your awakening kisses are
Marmalade
For my soul

And your warm perfume
Sprayed upon my lips
Transcends any butter roll

No more need for a morning beverage
Nothing orange, tomato, nor lemon

And your golden breasts are my
Nourishment
Made from flesh
Made from Heaven

I've got all of you in the morning
It’s a feast of your skin and hair
And the breath of your love
In my open mouth
And the taste of your love
In my open mouth
No croissant could ever compare.

I gave up breakfast
To make love
With
You