Poems of the Week

Garbage In, Garbage Out

by Viv Priestley

“’They saw them on their dishes when eating’: The mushroom making people hallucinate dozens of tiny humans”
BBC

For Pat

This mushroom news should give us pause:
What other foods or drinks can cause
Consistent sights that aren’t there?

Could Diet Cokes and Big Macs be
The reason all our prez can see
Is “garbage” people everywhere?