Minus the fried plantains, pineapple, yam, Dragon Stout, sugar cane, ugli fruit, jerk pork, watermelon, stew beef, Red Stripe, festival, ackee, mango, bammy, ortanique, callaloo, Rum Punch, green banana, coconut jelly, patties, bread fruit, and curry goat that Grandpa Pops and I fed him in Jamaica. But Mummy doesn't need to know about that, so shhhhhhhhh!
(Technically, the alcohol listed above isn't a solid, of course. But since it did deviate a bit from Ellison's standard diet, I thought I'd include it.)
Not sure about this sitting up
ReplyDeleteat a big white tray in a chair
Listen, folks, this is cool but
I prefer to lie down with Mum
To eat, you know? I mean
What's this all smashed and
Green? I look cool, sure.
Whose that at the side?