The Palace Of Pleasure Poem by Charles Wax

China New Star closed, now new owners
coming in
switching from Chinese to Thai
one taste
and the establishment became
my favorite twice a week
every week
I consumed every item on the menu
got to know the waiters, waitresses
also other patrons
90% were immense
truly obese
gobbling Basil chicken, Coconut shrimp
Steaming red crabs in a fiery sauce
such happiness on plump faces
sometimes
I’d stopped munching
to stare
guilty, a voyeur
but when a woman
cracked a chair and fell
I leaped up
helping the dear soul
to another throne.