Another Blue Shrimp

It’s shrimp weather   
                            email from New York Times Cooking 12th July 2024

 
 

You have a day. It’s grey to start,
But soon starts warming up to pink.
You wonder, what’s the nicest part?
If badly handled, it may stink.
It can be prickly, slimy too
(Depending whom you chance to meet);
Greed is uncouth, and bad for you:
Don’t seize more day than you can eat.
It’s tangy even when it’s fresh.
It should not be consumed too fast;
The taste of every one is spec-
ial somehow.  Try to make it last.
Don’t throw it out like something cheap;
But don’t forget: it will not keep.

Ruth S. Baker


If you have any thoughts about this poem, Ruth S. Baker  would be pleased to hear them