Sarah Jo Minor

by James von Dielingen

Sarah Jo Minor quit work at the diner

Serving nothing but burgers and hash

Oh, and french fries and eggs and fried froggy legs

And barrels of corn succotash 

And green beans and steak and devils food cake

And let's not forget all the liver

And creamer and coffee and small bits of toffee

And gelatin towers that quiver

And Boiled pig snout and warm saurkraut

Topped off with a fried half-shelled oyster

And cold lima beans and dried nectarines

Devoid of all of their moisture

And apple brown betty and four cheese spaghetti

And spoonfuls of sour creamed herring

And Havarti cheese and stir-fried snow peas

And chocolate fondu meant for sharing

And warm beef pot roast and buttery toast

And slices of sweet apple pie

And bartlett pear slices, Italian ices

And reubens on heels of rye

And bottles of beer, wines from a good year

And gallons of purple grape juice

And shakes of vanilla and cool sasparilla

And cocktails made with Grey Goose

Not liking work one bit, she walked out and quit

She hated long hours and low pay

Sarah Jo was so tired, the same day she was hired

Became both her first and last day