No one explained that best before
was subjective at best.
Instead they suggested
that you were lucky to find a man
willing to settle for spoiled produce
so close to the sell by date.
Did it occur to you
the rot might be them?
No one explained that best before
was subjective at best.
Instead they suggested
that you were lucky to find a man
willing to settle for spoiled produce
so close to the sell by date.
Did it occur to you
the rot might be them?
Carol J Forrester 
OH WOW! Wish you could be sitting next to me so you could hear my very OUT LOUD response after reading your post as in OH WOW! OH MY GOSH!
This is just absolutely amazing! I truly think it should be published somewhere….don’t know where. I’m taking it from a very feminist perspective here….don’t know if you meant it that way…but it is really quite an astounding sentiment that you’ve expressed in 44 words here. Will be interesting to see if others read it this way? WOW! LOVED this! Blows me away!
Thank you so much. I wrote it from a very feminist perspective so I’m glad it came across that way. I haven’t had much luck with getting any of my poems published unfortunately and life, work, and study have meant I drifted away for a while but I’ve been slowly starting to work on some bits and bobs with half a mind of writing a collection. Not sure just yet but we’ll see where it goes.
Oh yeah….it came across and very very well! LOVED it!
Thank you Lillian. I really appreciate it. 😁
a shift in perspective is…. everything. beautifully conveyed.
This packs a punch! Your writing is always excellent.
Very descriptive phrase: “settle for spoiled produce”
So glad to see you back, Carol! I love the sarcastic pun and the cynical tone of your poem. I too emitted a gasp on first reading – it’s so close to the bone (pun intended). Have you tried submitting to The Emma Press or Peeking Cat Poetry?
Lovely turn at the end.
Glad to hear you are getting back into it
Always great to read your work.
An excellent poetic commentary.
Thank you
This is so excellent… all the prejudiced of relationships summed up in that metaphor of best before…. and such produce are often excellent.
Thank you Bjorn.
Clever commentary on cultural prejudice – and worked into artful poetry! Liked it very much. Thanks
Sell by date.. whew! I hope no one has actually been told they had a sell by date…😔
we aren’t the spoiled goods, love the turn about at the end