School Dinner Day Poem by Not Long Left

School Dinner Day



my belly is rumbling,
and is grumbling for food,
waiting for one o'clock
thinking what dinner will choose.

the teachers words pass me by,
if i dont eat now i am going to die,
and at that very moment the bells rings
what delights will the dinner lady bring.

i hate queuing up for food,
moving down the line at a snails pace,
whilst some of the bigger boys,
push past and take my place,
i hate queuing up for food.

eventually i am greeted by the dinner lady,
who greets me with a grunt and then garbles,
'fish and chips
mash and mince'
'burger, sausages waffles or beans'
her red sweaty face and her shirt
bursting at the seams.

i go for burgers, chips and beans,
but am now faced with the decision,
should it be glorious custard sludge
or a rather odd looking choclate fudge.

at the till,
i plunge my hand into the abyss,
which once was a pocket,
and fish out what seems a thousand coins,
a weeks supply
of what i call the pavement sweep,
has got me my dinner
and i have still got my packed luch to eat!

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