My-Grain Headache
I failed to ease
The rise in price
For Japanese
Who buy their rice—
And said I own
Enough to sell
(In stockpiles grown
From gifts). I fell
Upon my sword.
No protocol
Can be ignored.
A sushi pol
Whose pas is faux
Could not remain:
My gaffe would go
Against the grain
(First published in
Light
on 26th May, 2025 as
one of the
Poems of the Week
. Story
here
)
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