Food Monster

Meenu Thomas

Roti is a circle.

Bread pakoda is a triangle.

Barfi is a square.

Chakli is a spiral.

Vada is a ring.

Patishapta is a cylinder.
Patishapta is a Bengali sweet dish made of refined flour, coconut and jaggery.

Pomfret is a hexagon,
when cut from the middle.

Dosa is a cone,
when folded from the end.

Halwa has no shape.
It takes the shape you give it.

They all come together and become a food monster.

I chase the food monster around
the plate.
And eat it with a chomp, a crunch, a crackle and a smack!