13 Ways of Looking at Chips

Close to the mic, the poet’s whispered title
is tricking the few (Ah! Wallace Stevens!)
to wriggle their delicious knowledge, and mmm!
from the majority, twitching to the crackle
of imagined bag, brusque Salt’n’vinegar?

Can’t help yourself. Poetry stands no chance
against the hot crunch of a perfect chip.
His metaphors come tumbling fast and strange
but was that leaves? and flaming petals?
We re-arrange our ears. Alas, it’s tulips now.

D.A. Prince

If you have any thoughts on this poem,  D. A. Prince would be pleased to hear them.